қытай

See also: Қытай

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic قىتاي
Cyrillic қытай
Latin qytai
Yañalif qьtai

Etymology

Ultimately from Khitan [script needed] (Khita(n)), probably via Old Uyghur خىتاي.[1] Compare also Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 and 𐰴𐰃𐱃𐰪 (/⁠qïtaň⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qə.tɑj/, [qʰə̠.tɑj]

Noun

қытай • (qytai)

  1. Han Chinese

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Sinor, D. (1998) "The Kitan and the Kara Kitay" in History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Vol. IV, Pt. I, UNESCO, p. 241.
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