Karakhanid

Meanings

Proper Noun

• 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

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

Origin

• From Persian قراخانیان‎, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (from Proto-Turkic *kara) + 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (corresponding to modern English khan).