Karakhanid

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian قراخانیان (qarâkhân), of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qr¹a, “black; courageous”) (from Proto-Turkic *kara) + 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹, “khan, ruler”) (corresponding to modern English khan).[1][2]

Proper noun[edit]

Karakhanid

  1. An extinct Turkic language developed in the 11th century under the Kara-Khanid Khanate, noted as the first literary Islamic Turkic language. Though it is similar to Old Uyghur, it had several loanwords from Persian and Arabic. Chagatai is a descendant of this language.

Adjective[edit]

Karakhanid (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to this language or the people who speak it.

References[edit]

  • Johanson, Lars; Csató, Éva Á (2015-04-29). The Turkic Languages. Routledge. p. 85
  1. ^ Soucek, Svatopluk (2000), A history of Inner Asia, Cambridge University Press
  2. ^ Golden, Peter B. (2011), Central Asia in World History, Oxford University Press

Further reading[edit]

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