Given name · also Russian

Chagatai

Chagatai is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Middle Mongol.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Chagatai comes from Russian, and ultimately from Middle Mongol.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Chagatai developed from چغتای.

Chagatai’s family of names

In English usage, Chagatai developed from the Chagatai form چغتای. In English usage, Chagatai has a conventional equivalent in the French form Tchaghataï. In Spanish usage, Chagatai has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 察合台.

Walk Chagatai’s family in the name graph

ChagataiJagataiChaghatayChaghataiChagatayTchaghataïچغتای察合台

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Chagatai has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.

Russian

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 4

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Chagatai’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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