English Explanatory Dictionary

kurultai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans.

Word forms

kurultai kurultais

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian хуралдай (xuraldaj) via Russian курулта́й (kurultáj).

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