What does "chagatai" mean?

a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)

How do you pronounce "chagatai"?

Pronounced //ˈt͡ʃɑːɡətaɪ//.

Common synonyms include: chagatai language, eastern turki, eastern turki language, jagatai, jagatai language, jaghatai.

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Noun

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a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan) wordnet

Proper Noun

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.
3
An ethnic group of Uzbekistan. collective

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