Chughtai
{{short description|Family name originating in the Chagatai Khanate}}
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Chughtai or Chagatai (Urdu, {{langx|fa|{{Nastaliq|چغتائی}}}}; {{langx|tr|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.{{cite book |title=The Mughal Empire: Volume 5 of New Cambridge history of India: The Mughals and their contemporaries |pages=19, 60, 110 |author=John F. Richards |authorlink=John F. Richards |year=1995 |isbn=0521566037 }}{{Google books|HHyVh29gy4QC|Full text}} 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.[http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9054153 Encyclopædia Britannica][http://dawn.com/2011/01/02/past-present-emperors-new-names Past present: Emperor's new names]
Etymology of Chughtai
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”.{{Cite web |last=Baras-aghur |first=Naran |title=On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names |url=https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/baras-aghur/mongolian.html |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=The Academy of Saint Gabriel}}
People with the surname
- Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1897-1975), Pakistani painter.
- Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), Indian writer
- Ikram Chughtai (1941–2023), Pakistani researcher
- Dr Inam ul haq Chughtai (1968), Pakistani Doctor