karakhanid

/K EH1 R AE0 K HH AE1 N AH0 D/
noun
  1. 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
  1. 1

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