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chagatai

 

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Noun chagatai has 1 sense
  1. Chagatai, Jagatai, Jaghatai, Eastern Turki - a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
    --1 is a kind of Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language

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Chagatai

Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective

Sense 1: (Noun) A Turkic language that was once widely spoken in Central Asia and played a significant role as a literary language during the Timurid Empire.

Example sentence: Many historical novels from the Timurid period were written in Chagatai.

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Sense 2: (Adjective) Relating to or characteristic of the Chagatai language or its speakers.

Example sentence: The Chagatai script was used for writing various Turkic languages.

Sense 3: (Adjective) Referring to or originating from Chagatai Khan, the second son of Genghis Khan.

Example sentence: The Chagatai Empire expanded its territory across Central Asia.

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Sense 4: (Adjective) Describing something popular or celebrated locally.

Example sentence: The festival is a chagatai tradition in this region.

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