Пекин
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See also: Пекін
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Пеки́н • (Pekín) m
- Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
Russian
Alternative forms
- Пеки́нъ (Pekín) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Ultimately from the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.[1] Compare Portuguese Pequim, Spanish Pekín, Dutch Peking, English Peking, French Pékin, German Peking.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Пеки́н • (Pekín) m inan (genitive Пеки́на, relational adjective пеки́нский)
- Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
- Synonym: (rare, standard transliteration) Бэйцзи́н (Bɛjczín)
Declension
Declension of Пеки́н (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: Պեկին (Pekin)
See also
- Кита́й (Kitáj)