Chagatai

See also: chagatai

English

Alternative forms

• Chagatay, Chaghatai, Chaghatay
• Jagatai, Jagatay, Jaghatai, Jaghatay, Jaghatāy
• Chighatay, Chighatāy, Chighatoy (via Uzbek instead of Uyghur)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑːɡətaɪ/

Proper noun

Chagatai

1. 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).
2. An extinct literary Turkic language used in Central Asia and Bashkortostan between the 15th and the 20th century.

   Synonym: Chagataic

3. (with article, collective) An ethnic group of Uzbekistan.

   Synonym: Chagatai Tajiks

Translations

second son of Genghis Khan

• Arabic: جَغَتَاي m (jaḡatāy)
• Bosnian: Čagataj
• Chagatai: جغتای (jağatāy)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 察合台 (caat³ hap⁶ toi⁴)

  Mandarin: 察合台 (zh) (Cháhétái)

• French: Djaghataï, Tchaghataï (fr), Chagatai
• German: Tshagatai
• Hindi: चग़ताई (caġtāī)
• Hungarian: Csagatáj
• Indonesian: Chagatai
• Italian: Chagatai, Djagatai
• Kazakh: Шағатай (Şağatai)
• Korean: 차가타이 (chagatai)
• Mongolian: Цагадай (Cagadaj), ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ (čaɣatai)
• Norwegian: Tsjagadai
• Persian: جغتای (jağatây)
• Russian: Чагата́й (Čagatáj), Джагата́й (Džagatáj)
• Spanish: Chagatai, Chagatay, Djagatai, Chagadai, Tschagatai
• Swedish: Tjagatai, Djagatai
• Tajik: Ҷағатой (Jaġatoy)
• Turkish: Çağatay (tr)
• Urdu: چغتائی (cuġtāī)
• Uyghur: چاغاتاي (chaghatay)
• Vietnamese: Sát Hợp Đài (察合台)

extinct Turkic language

• Arabic: اللُّغَة ٱلْجَغَتَائِيَّة f (al-luḡa l-jaḡatāʔiyya), الْجَغَتَائِيَّة f (al-jaḡatāʔiyya)
• Armenian: չաղաթայերեն (hy) (čʻaġatʻayeren)
• Azerbaijani: çağatay dili, cığatay dili, cığatay türkcəsi, çağatayca
• Bashkir: сағатай теле (sağatay tele)
• Bengali: চাগাতাই ভাষা (cagatai bhaśa)
• Catalan: txagatai m
• Chagatai: جغتای (jağatāy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 察合台語 (Cháhétái yǔ)

• Finnish: tšagatai (fi)
• French: tchaghataï (fr) m, turk-oriental (obsolete)
• Hungarian: csagatáj
• Kazakh: шағатай тілі (şağatai tılı)
• Khakas: сағатай тілі (sağatay tìlì)
• Korean: 차가타이어 (chagataieo)
• Malayalam: ചഗതായ് ഭാഷ (cagatāyŭ bhāṣa)
• Ottoman Turkish: جغتایجه (Cağatayca)
• Persian: زبان جغتایی (zabân-e jağatâyi), جغتایی (jağatâyi)
• Portuguese: chagatai (pt) m
• Russian: чагатайский m (čagatajskij)
• Swedish: tjagataiska
• Tajik: забони ҷағатоӣ (zabon-i jaġatoi), ҷағатоӣ (jaġatoi)
• Turkish: Çağatayca (tr)
• Urdu: چغتائی (cuġtāī)
• Uyghur: چاغاتاي تىلى (chaghatay tili), چاغاتايچە (chaghatayche)
• Uzbek: chagʻatoy tili

ethnic group of Uzbekistan

• Tajik: тоҷикони чағатоӣ pl (tojikon-i čaġatoi)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Chagatai terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code chg (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Chagatai, chg ⁠