Meanings
- Synonym of Chagatai (“extinct literary language”).
The presence of -din, -tin alternating with -den, -ten - dan, -tan can be a relict from the old Chaghataic [...]
1937, Lunds universitets årsskrift, page 212 more examples
A part of them was designated as being in Turkic, though rarely the Turkic language was specified, as e.g. Chaghatai, but usually it was given as "turki" which did not mean Chaghataic or East-Turkic, but any Turkic language.
1967, Year Book, page 590In particular the work appears to have spread over the whole region in which Chaghataic was employed as a written language [...]
(Can we date this quote?), The Stories of the Prophets, page xivSynonyms: Chagatai
- not comparableOf or relating to the Chagatai people or language.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Chagatai (“extinct literary language”).
Origin
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Chagataic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chagataic
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