Jagatai

noun

Jag·​a·​tai

¦jagə¦tī

plural -s

1

: any of various Eastern Turkic languages: such as

a

: uighur

b

: uzbek

2

: the Eastern Turkic languages collectively

Word History

Etymology

from Jagatai, region in central Asia approximately equivalent to Turkistan, from Jagatai †1242 Mongol ruler who governed it

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