ચુગતાઈ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• ચગતાઇ (cagtāi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai جغتای (jağatāy). Compare Hindustani چغتائی / चग़ताई (caġtāī), Uyghur چاغاتاي (chaghatay) and Persian جغتایی (jağatâyi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuɡ.t̪ɑi/

Adjective

ચુગતાઈ • (cugtāī)

1. of or pretaining to Chagatai-speakers, language or people.

Proper noun

ચુગતાઈ • (cugtāī) f

1. 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

ચુગતાઈ • (cugtāī) m

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).