Кітай

See also: Китай and Kitaj

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Китаи (Kitai), from a Turkic source, ultimately from Old Turkic Qïtaǰ (Khitan), from Khitan 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i) or 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, Khitan), the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then Northern China, then Central Asia from the 9th to 13th centuries.

Cognate with Kazakh Қытай (Qytai), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý (China) and Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), English Cathay, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲiˈtaj]

Proper noun

Кіта́й • (Kitáj) m inan (genitive Кіта́ю, uncountable, relational adjective кіта́йскі)

  1. China (a region and country in East Asia)

Declension

See also

References

  • Кітай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

See Belarusian Кіта́й (Kitáj).

Proper noun

Кіта́й • (Kitáj) m

  1. China (a region and country in East Asia)
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