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Chagatai

adj · name · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈt͡ʃɑːɡətaɪ/
  • US: /ˌt͡ʃɑːɡəˈtaɪ/
  • /ˈt͡ʃæɡətaɪ/
  • /ˌt͡ʃæɡəˈtaɪ/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the Chagatai people or language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chagataic, Chagataian

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chagataic, Chagataian

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

An ethnic group of Uzbekistan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chagatai Tajiks

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Jagatai, Jaghatai, Eastern Turki

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جَغَتَاي (jaḡatāy) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Čagataj — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Chagatai: جغتای (jağatāy) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Chinese Cantonese: 察合台 (caat3 hap6 toi4) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 察合台 (Cháhétái) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • French: Djaghataï — second son of Genghis Khan
  • French: Tchaghataï — second son of Genghis Khan
  • French: Chagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • German: Tshagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Hindi: चग़ताई (caġtāī) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Hungarian: Csagatáj — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Indonesian: Chagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Italian: Chagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Italian: Djagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Kazakh: Шағатай (Şağatai) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Korean: 차가타이 (chagatai) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Latin: Zagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Mongolian: Цагадай (Cagadaj) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ (čaɣatai) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Norwegian: Tsjagadai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Persian: جغتای (jaġatây) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Russian: Чагата́й (Čagatáj) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Russian: Джагата́й (Džagatáj) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Spanish: Chagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Spanish: Chagatay — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Spanish: Djagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Spanish: Chagadai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Spanish: Tschagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Swedish: Tjagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Swedish: Djagatai — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Tajik: Ҷағатой (Jaġatoy) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Turkish: Çağatay — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Urdu: چغتائی (cuġtāī) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Uyghur: چاغاتاي (chaghatay) — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Vietnamese: Sát Hợp Đài — second son of Genghis Khan
  • Arabic: اللُّغَة ٱلْجَغَتَائِيَّة (al-luḡa l-jaḡatāʔiyya) — extinct Turkic language
  • Arabic: الْجَغَتَائِيَّة (al-jaḡatāʔiyya) — extinct Turkic language
  • Armenian: չաղաթայերեն (čʻaġatʻayeren) — extinct Turkic language
  • Azerbaijani: çağatay dili — extinct Turkic language
  • Azerbaijani: cığatay dili — extinct Turkic language
  • Azerbaijani: cığatay türkcəsi — extinct Turkic language
  • Azerbaijani: çağatayca — extinct Turkic language
  • Bashkir: сағатай теле (sağatay tele) — extinct Turkic language
  • Bengali: চাগাতাই ভাষা (cagatai bhaśa) — extinct Turkic language
  • Catalan: txagatai — extinct Turkic language
  • Chagatai: جغتای (jağatāy) — extinct Turkic language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 察合台語 (Cháhétái yǔ) — extinct Turkic language
  • Finnish: tšagatai — extinct Turkic language
  • French: tchaghataï — extinct Turkic language
  • French: turk-oriental — extinct Turkic language
  • Hungarian: csagatáj — extinct Turkic language
  • Kazakh: шағатай тілі (şağatai tılı) — extinct Turkic language
  • Khakas: сағатай тілі (sağatay tìlì) — extinct Turkic language
  • Korean: 차가타이어 (chagataieo) — extinct Turkic language
  • Malayalam: ചഗതായ് ഭാഷ (cagatāyŭ bhāṣa) — extinct Turkic language
  • Persian: زبان جغتایی (zabân-e jaġatâyi) — extinct Turkic language
  • Persian: جغتایی (jaġatâyi) — extinct Turkic language
  • Portuguese: chagatai — extinct Turkic language
  • Russian: чагатайский (čagatajskij) — extinct Turkic language
  • Swedish: tjagataiska — extinct Turkic language
  • Tajik: забони ҷағатоӣ (zabon-i jaġatoyi) — extinct Turkic language
  • Tajik: ҷағатоӣ (jaġatoyi) — extinct Turkic language
  • Turkish: Çağatayca — extinct Turkic language
  • Ottoman Turkish: جغتایجه (Cağatayca) — extinct Turkic language
  • Urdu: چغتائی (cuġtāī) — extinct Turkic language
  • Uyghur: چاغاتاي تىلى (chaghatay tili) — extinct Turkic language
  • Uyghur: چاغاتايچە (chaghatayche) — extinct Turkic language
  • Uzbek: chigʻatoy tili — extinct Turkic language
  • Tajik: тоҷикони чағатоӣ (tojikon-i čaġatoyi) — ethnic group of Uzbekistan