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==Origin of the name==
==Origin of the name==
Chughtai is a distorted form of Chaghadai which is a version of ''Chagan'' (white) formed using the –dai suffix as described in "On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names" by Baras-aghur Naran<ref>[http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/baras-aghur/mongolian.html Period Mongolian Names] - On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names</ref>; it defines Chaghadai as ''he who is white''.<ref>[http://www.aeheralds.net/Letters/AE72/iloi.html Chaghadai] - Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent Æ72</ref>
Chughtai is a distorted form of Chaghadai which is a version of ''Chagan'' (white) formed using the –dai suffix as described in "On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names" by Baras-aghur Naran<ref>[http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/baras-aghur/mongolian.html Period Mongolian Names] - On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names</ref>; it defines Chaghadai as ''he who is white''.<ref>[http://www.aeheralds.net/Letters/AE72/iloi.html Chaghadai] - Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent Æ72</ref>

The name Chughtai is often said "Juftai" in many arabic countries as it is hard to get the spelling in the Arabic language


The [[Mughal Emperor]]s of India claimed to be of the same lineage<ref>[http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9054153 Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref>. [[Babur]] consciously made a decision to drop the ''Mirza'' from his name{{Fact|date=May 2007}}. The names of minor (and sometimes even major) princes of the dynasty continued to carry the prefix and/or the suffix. The nomenclature is still in use today, though ''Chughtai'' as family name is relatively more common.
The [[Mughal Emperor]]s of India claimed to be of the same lineage<ref>[http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9054153 Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref>. [[Babur]] consciously made a decision to drop the ''Mirza'' from his name{{Fact|date=May 2007}}. The names of minor (and sometimes even major) princes of the dynasty continued to carry the prefix and/or the suffix. The nomenclature is still in use today, though ''Chughtai'' as family name is relatively more common.

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Chughtai is a family name in portions of Asia , Middle East and the associated diaspora that claims descent from Chagatai Khan (the second son of Genghis Khan)[1]. It was also name of a tribe (claiming the same lineage) in what is now modern Saudi Arabia[citation needed].

Origin of the name

Chughtai is a distorted form of Chaghadai which is a version of Chagan (white) formed using the –dai suffix as described in "On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names" by Baras-aghur Naran[2]; it defines Chaghadai as he who is white.[3]

The Mughal Emperors of India claimed to be of the same lineage[4]. Babur consciously made a decision to drop the Mirza from his name[citation needed]. The names of minor (and sometimes even major) princes of the dynasty continued to carry the prefix and/or the suffix. The nomenclature is still in use today, though Chughtai as family name is relatively more common.

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Notes

  1. ^ Chagatai Khanate - The Islamic World to 1600 @ The University of Calgary
  2. ^ Period Mongolian Names - On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names
  3. ^ Chaghadai - Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent Æ72
  4. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica

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