English Explanatory Dictionary

Karakhanid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An extinct Turkic language developed in the 11th century under the Kara-Khanid Khanate, noted as the first literary Islamic Turkic language. Though it is similar to Old Uyghur, it had several loanwords from Persian and Arabic. Chagatai is a descendant of this language.
adj
  1. Of or relating to this language or the people who speak it.

Word forms

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Persian قراخانیان (qarâkhân), of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qr¹a, “black; courageous”) (from Proto-Turkic *kara) + 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹, “khan, ruler”) (corresponding to modern English khan).

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