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Jagatai|dʒægəˈtɑːɪ|
[The native name of Turkestan, f. Jagatai, a son of Jenghiz Khan, who inherited it.]
The branch of the Turkic group of languages spoken in Turkestan. Also attrib. Also Jagaˈtaic. Hence Jagaˈtaian a., pertaining to Turkestan or the dialects spoken there.
1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 406/1 Jagatáï, [spoken] in the greater part of independent Turkistán... The Jagatáï language has a valuable literature. 1867Chambers's Encycl. IX. 589/2 The former [sc. Eastern Turkish] is mainly represented by the Uigur (Jagatai). Ibid. 590/1 The Eastern [Turkish] or Jagataian [literature]. 1908T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. 134 (d) Uiguric, including Uigur proper, Jagataic, and Turkoman, the dialects spoken in the parts of Turkestan not occupied by the Kirghiz. 1929Encycl. Brit. XXII. 920/1 The Uzbeg (Jagatai Turkish) tongue. 1962A. Tietze in Householder & Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 266 Jagatai and other non-Ottoman Turkic languages. |