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Mongolian
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad, “the Chinese; a Chinese”), which had been semantically collectivised (and further singulated, for the sense of person) from Middle Mongol 乞塔惕 (kitad, “the Khitans”), in plural suffix -d.
Conpare also Khamnigan Mongol китад (kitad), Buryat хитад (xitad), and Kalmyk китд (kitd).
Pronunciation
Noun
хятад • (xjatad)
- (attributively) Chinese, ethnic Han
- хятад үндэстэн ― xjatad ündesten ― the Han nationality
- хятад хүн ― xjatad xün ― a Chinese person
- хятад хэл ― xjatad xel ― the Chinese language
- хятад цаас ― xjatad caas ― Chinese paper
- хятад ханз ― xjatad xanz ― the Chinese characters; Hanzi
- a Chinese, an ethnic Han (person)
- хятадууд ― xjataduud ― the Chinese (in the plural)
Declension
11=хятадуудад
12=дахь
13=хятадуудыг
14=хятадуудаас
15=хятадуудаар
16=хятадуудтай
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Related terms
- хятан (xjatan, “Khitans; Khitan”)
See also