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'''Nogai''' (died 1299), also called '''Nohai''', '''Kara Nokhai''', '''Isa Nogai''',<ref>G.V. Vernadsky, ''The Mongols and Rus''</ref> was a [[general]] and de facto ruler of the [[Golden Horde]] and a great-great-grandson of [[Genghis Khan]]. His grandfather was Baul/Teval Khan, the 7th son of [[Jochi]]. His name is also spelled '''Nohai''' and '''Nogaj'''.
Pelliot wrote that Nogay meant a "dog." In fact, in the [[Mongolian language]], "nokhoi" literally means a "dog"; however it does not necessarily mean a particularly negative and insulting name in its context, since people were called "dogs" among the Mongols at the time and sometimes presently as "nokhduud" as in "you dogs (guys/men/people)." Genghis Khan also called his capable generals "dogs of war" or "men of war." This probably came about because Mongols had a lot of dogs, and dogs were very useful for people's lives in hunting and warnings.
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