Eastern Turki (Noun)
Meaning
A Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Eastern Turki was used to write the famous Epic of Geser and The Chronicle of the Chinggis.
- Old Turkic languages influenced Eastern Turki during the Mongol Empire.
- By the 16th century, Eastern Turki was one of the primary literary languages of Central Asia.
- Eastern Turki's closest relative in the modern day is Chagatai.
- In the 18th century, Eastern Turki began to decline as classical Persian became the dominant literary language of the region.