Chagatai

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Meanings

name

A male given name of historical usage, most famously borne by the Mongol ruler Chagatai Khan (1183–1242), second son of Genghis Khan and first khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a medieval Mongol and later Turkicized khanate of Central Asia (divided after the 14th century).
An extinct literary Turkic language used in Central Asia and Bashkortostan between the 15th and the 20th century.
An ethnic group of Uzbekistan.

/ˈt͡ʃɑːɡətaɪ/

Chagatai Chagatay Chaghatai Chaghatay Jagatai Jagatay Jaghatai Jaghatay Jaghatāy Chighatay Chighatāy Chighatoy

Transliteration of Russian Чагата́й (Čagatáj), from Uyghur چاغاتاي (chaghatay), from Chagatai چغتای (čaġatay), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ (čaɣatay).

Chagataic Chagatai Tajiks

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