ચુગતાઈ
Gujarati edit
Alternative forms edit
- ચગતાઇ (cagtāi)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Chagatai جغتای (jağatāy). Compare Hindustani چغتائی / चग़ताई (caġtāī), Uyghur چاغاتاي (chaghatay) and Persian جغتایی (jağatâyi).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ચુગતાઈ • (cugtāī)
- of or pretaining to Chagatai-speakers, language or people.
Proper noun edit
ચુગતાઈ • (cugtāī) f
- Chagatai; a now-extinct Turkic language closely related to Uzbek and Uyghur, characterized by its advanced literary tradition and prestigious status and heavily Persianized form, initially spoken by the Mughals whence the many Chagatai loanwords preserved in South Asian languages.
Proper noun edit
ચુગતાઈ • (cugtāī) m
- The template Template:historical given name does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.A male given name of historical usage, most famously borne by the Mongol ruler Chagatai Khan (1183–1242), second son of Genghis Khan and first khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a medieval Mongol and later Turkicized khanate of Central Asia (divided after the 14th century).