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Chagataic

Chagataic proper noun: synonym of Chagatai (“extinct literary language”).

Proper noun

Chagataic

  1. Synonym of Chagatai (“extinct literary language”).
    • The presence of -din, -tin alternating with -den, -ten - dan, -tan can be a relict from the old Chaghataic [...]1937, Lunds universitets årsskrift, page 21
    • A part of them was designated as being in Turkic, though rarely the Turkic language was specified, as e.g. Chaghatai, but usually it was given as "turki" which did not mean Chaghataic or East-Turkic, but any Turkic language.1967, Year Book, page 590
    Synonyms:
    Chagatai

Adjective

Chagataic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Chagatai people or language.

Synonyms of Chagataic

Origin of Chagataic

From Chagatai + -ic.

Questions about Chagataic

What does Chagataic mean?
Chagataic means synonym of Chagatai (“extinct literary language”).
What part of speech is Chagataic?
Chagataic can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Chagataic in the dictionary

  1. chagasin
  2. chagasins
  3. Chagatai
  4. Chagatai Tajiks
  5. Chagataian
  6. Chagataic
  7. Chagatay
  8. chagempomba
  9. Chagford
  10. Chagga
  11. Chaghatai

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