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kurultai

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian хуралдай (xuraldaj) via Russian курулта́й (kurultáj).

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qurultay — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Bashkir: ҡоролтай (qoroltay) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Crimean Tatar: qurultay — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Georgian: ყურულთაი (q̇urultai) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Hungarian: kurultáj — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Kazakh: құрылтай (qūryltai) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Kyrgyz: курултай (kurultay) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Marathi: कुरुलताय (kurultāy) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Mongolian: хуралдай (xuraldaj) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Nogai: куралтай (kuraltay) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Persian: قورولتای (qurultây) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Persian: قوریلتای (quriltây) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Persian: قوریلتا (quriltâ) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Polish: kurułtaj — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Russian: курулта́й (kurultáj) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Southern Altai: курултай (kurultay) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Tatar: корылтай (qorıltay) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Turkish: kurultay — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Turkmen: gurultaý — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Ukrainian: курулта́й (kurultáj) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Uyghur: قۇرۇلتاي (qurultay) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Uzbek: qurultoy — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans
  • Yakut: курултаай (kurultaay) — a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans