Chagataic

English

Etymology

Chagatai +‎ -ic

Proper noun

Chagataic

1. Synonym of Chagatai (“extinct literary language”)
   • 1937, Lunds universitets årsskrift‎^[1], page 21:

     The presence of -din, -tin alternating with -den, -ten - dan, -tan can be a relict from the old Chaghataic [...]

   • 1967, Year Book‎^[2], page 590:

     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.

   • (Can we date this quote?), The Stories of the Prophets‎^[3], page xiv:

     In particular the work appears to have spread over the whole region in which Chaghataic was employed as a written language [...]

Adjective

Chagataic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Chagatai people or language.