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Chagatai

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[chah-guh-tahy, chag-uh-, chah-guh-tahy, chag-uh-] / ˌtʃɑ gəˈtaɪ, ˌtʃæg ə-, ˈtʃɑ gəˌtaɪ, ˈtʃæg ə- /
Also Jaghatai.

noun

  1. a Turkic literary language of medieval Central Asia.

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This Nogodar had gone to the Court of Chagatai, who was own brother to the Great Kaan, with some 10,000 horsemen of his, and abode with him; for Chagatai was his uncle.

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