Surname · Hindi
चग़ताई
चग़ताई (caġtāī) is a surname from Chagatai, ultimately from Middle Mongol. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
चग़ताई comes from Chagatai, and ultimately from Middle Mongol.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Chagatai چغتای (čağatay), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
चग़ताई’s family of names
In Hindi usage, चग़ताई has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 察合台.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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