1. Chagatai - Noun
2. Chagatai - Proper noun
a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
Source: WordNetHe was a member of the Turkicized Barlas tribe, a Mongol subgroup that had settled in Transoxiana after taking part in Genghis Khan 's son Chagatai 's campaigns in that region. Source: Internet
The Ilkhanate had already fragmented into several political territories and factions struggling to place their puppet leaders over the shell of an old state; the Chagatai Khanate was undermined by religious unrest and fell to rebellion. Source: Internet