See also: Кітай and Kitaj

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Китай

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From Russian Китай (Kitaj), from Old East Slavic Китаи (Kitai). Ultimately from Khitan 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i) or 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, Khitan). Cognate Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý and Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), English Cathay, etc.

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Китай (Kitaj)

  1. China (a region and country in East Asia)

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Cognate with Russian Кита́й (Kitáj). See there for more.

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  • IPA(key): [kiˈtaj]
  • (file)

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Кита́й (Kitájm (relational adjective кита́йски)

  1. China (a region and country in East Asia)

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  • Китай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Китай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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Китай

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Inherited from Old East Slavic Китаи (Kitai), from a Turkic source, ultimately from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 (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.

Doublet of кида́нь (kidánʹ). Cognate with Kazakh Қытай (Qytai), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Belarusian Кітай (Kitaj), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uyghur خىتاي (xitay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý (China) and Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), English Cathay, etc.

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Кита́й (Kitájm inan (genitive Кита́я, nominative plural Кита́и, genitive plural Кита́ев, relational adjective кита́йский)

  1. China (a region and country in East Asia; capital: Beijing)
    Synonym: Поднебе́сная (Podnebésnaja)
    в Кита́еv Kitájein China
    в Кита́йv Kitájto China
    из Кита́яiz Kitájafrom China

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Etymology edit

Cognate with Russian Кита́й (Kitáj). See there for more.

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Кита́й (Kytájm inan (genitive Кита́ю, uncountable, relational adjective кита́йський)

  1. China (a region and country in East Asia)
    Synonym: Кита́йська Наро́дна Респу́бліка (Kytájsʹka Naródna Respúblika) (official name)
  2. A lake in Ukraine

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Borrowed from Russian Кита́й (Kitáj).

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Китай (Kitay)

  1. alternative form of Кытай (Kıtay, China)
    Китай Народнай РеспубликатаKitay Narodnay Respublikatathe People’s Republic of China
    Китай РеспубликатаKitay Respublikatathe Republic of China

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