Chughtai
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Chughtai or Chagatai (Urdu, Persian: چغتائی; Turkish: Çağatay,) is a family name that originated in the Chagatai Khanate as taken up by the descendants and successors of Chagatai Khan who was the second son of Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan.[1] Accordingly, some of the other descendants of the successors of Chagatai Khan in South and Central Asia use variants such as Mirza, Baig and Khan.[2][3]
Etymology of Chughtai
[edit]The surname “Chughtai” originates from the Mongolian word “Chaghadai”, a derivative of “Chagan” meaning “white”. The suffix “-dai” is added to form “Chaghadai”. Over time, “Chaghadai” evolved into “Chughtai”, meaning, “he who is white”.[4]
Origins
[edit]The Bhati Rajputs claim to be the ancestors of the Chughtai Mughals through an ancestor named Chakito who became the king of Balich and Bokhara, It has been reported by James Tod as well as Nainsi ri Khyat.[5]
People with the surname
[edit]- Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1897-1975), Pakistani painter.
- Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), Indian writer.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ John F. Richards (1995). The Mughal Empire: Volume 5 of New Cambridge history of India: The Mughals and their contemporaries. pp. 19, 60, 110. ISBN 0521566037.Full text at Google Books
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Past present: Emperor's new names
- ^ Baras-aghur, Naran. "On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names". The Academy of Saint Gabriel. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ Kothiyal, Tanuja (2016). Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian. Cambridgre University Press. p. 70. ISBN 9781107080317.