Jaghatai (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
- Jaghatai literature emerged in the 15th century in what is now modern-day Uzbekistan.
- Many ancient manuscripts in the Jaghatai language can be found in libraries throughout Turkey and the Middle East.
- By the 17th century, the Jaghatai language had fallen out of use as a literary language and was eventually replaced by Persian.
- Historians continue to study Jaghatai to better understand the literary traditions of medieval Central Asia.
- As the state language of the Khanates, Jaghatai served as the foundation for several important works of Turkic literature.