Etymology

Chagatai

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Today it means: Of or relating to the Chagatai people or language. Full definition →

Uyghur چاغاتاي ← chg چغتای ← Middle Mongol ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ
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The story

  1. Middle Mongol · derived fromᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ
  2. chg · derived fromچغتای
  3. Uyghur · derived fromچاغاتاي
  4. English todayChagatai

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

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