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From *Qïtay(“China”), transferred/reinterpreted from Old Turkic(Qïtaǰ, “Khitan”);[1] ultimately from Khitan self-denomination Khitan𘱿𘱤(*qid i) or 𘱿𘲫(*qid ún). Compare Middle Chinese契丹(kʰɨt̚ tɑn, “Khitan”).
^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 449
