Кітай
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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
Proper noun
Кіта́й • (Kitáj) m inan (genitive Кіта́ю, uncountable, relational adjective кіта́йскі)
Declension
Declension of Кіта́й (inan sg-only soft masc-form accent-a)
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