kurultai

Meanings

nounkurultai (plural kurultais)

historyA political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans.

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

More words from Mongolian, Russian

Chinese Mandarin 忽里勒臺

忽里勒臺a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans

Hungarian kurultáj

kurultája political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans

Persian قورولتای, قوریلتای

قورولتای (qurultây)a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
قوریلتای (quriltây)a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
قوریلتا (quriltâ)a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans

Polish kurułtaj

kurułtaja political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans

Russian курулта́й

курулта́й (kurultáj)a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans

Turkish kurultay

kurultaya political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans

Ukrainian курулта́й

курулта́й (kurultáj)a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans

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APA

kurultai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kurultai

MLA

“kurultai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kurultai. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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