кытат

Yakut

Etymology

Probably related to Mongolic ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad, “China”, plural; Mongolian хятад (xjatad), Buryat хитад (xitad), Kalmyk китд (kitd)). See also Tuvan кыдат (kıdat), Khakas хыдат (xıdat), Southern Altai кыдат (kïdat).

Noun

кытат • (kıtat) (Allaikha, Upper Kolyma, Middle Kolyma, Lower Kolyma, Sakkyryr, Viliui, Upper Yana)

1. (geography) warm land in the south where birds migrate to for winter

   кытат кыыла ― kıtat kııla ― migratory birds

   кытат чуора ― kıtat cuora ― a crow

See also

• Китай (Kitay, “China”, a Russian loan)

Further reading

• Afanasiev, P. S.; Voronkin, M. S.; Alekseev, M. P. (1976), Dialektologičeskij slovarʹ jakutskogo jazyka, Moscow: Nauka