Definition of Jaghatai

1. Noun. A Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).

Exact synonyms: Chagatai, Eastern Turki, Jagatai
Generic synonyms: Turki, Turkic, Turkic Language, Turko-tatar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaghatai

Jaffar
Jaffar Umar Thalib
Jaffas
Jaffe's test
Jaffe-Lichtenstein disease
Jaffe reaction
Jaffna
Jaflong
Jafnea semitosta
Jagannath
Jagannatha
Jagatai
Jagganath
Jagger
Jaggs
Jaghatai (current term)
Jags
Jah
Jahan
Jahannam
Jahbulon
Jahn-Teller effect
Jahnke's syndrome
Jahvey
Jahweh
Jaime
Jain
Jainism
Jainist
Jainists

Literary usage of Jaghatai

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1827)
"Memoirs of Zehir-ed-din Muhammed Baler, Emperor of Hindustan. Written by himself, in the Jaghatai Turki, and translated, partly by the late John Leyden, ..."

2. Contributions to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey (1844)
"ZEHIR-ED-DIN MUHAMMED BASER, Emperor of Hindustan, written by himself, in the Jaghatai Turki, and translated, partly by the late JOHN LEYDEN, ESQ. ..."

3. The Works of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, L.L.D. by Claudius Buchanan, Richard Hall Kerr (1812)
""The Jaghatai is the original Turcoman language, as spoken in the central ... It is an auspicious circumstance for Dr. Leyden's translation of the Jaghatai, ..."

4. The Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine United (1813)
""The Jaghatai is the original Turcoman language as spoken in the central districts of Asia;" •md bears much the same rela- '•'oii to the Turkish that the ..."

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