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CHAGATAI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chagatai mean?
• CHAGATAI (noun)
The noun CHAGATAI has 1 sense:
1. a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
Familiarity information: CHAGATAI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Chagatai; Eastern Turki; Jagatai; Jaghatai
Hypernyms ("Chagatai" is a kind of...):
Turki; Turkic; Turkic language; Turko-Tatar (a subfamily of Altaic languages)
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