Associations to the word «Chagatai»

Wiktionary

CHAGATAI, proper noun. An extinct literary Turkic language used in Central Asia and Bashkortostan until the twentieth century.

Dictionary definition

CHAGATAI, noun. A Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).

Wise words

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