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karakhanid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
karakhanid
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

adj

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قراخانیان (qarāxāniyān), of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (k¹r¹a, “black; courageous”) (from Proto-Turkic *kara) + 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (k¹g¹n¹, “khan, ruler”) (corresponding to modern English khan).

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does karakhanid mean?
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.
Where does karakhanid come from?
Borrowed from Classical Persian قراخانیان (qarāxāniyān), of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (k¹r¹a, “black; courageous”) (from Proto-Turkic *kara) + 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (k¹g¹n¹, “khan, ruler”) (corresponding to modern English khan).

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