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