ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad)	Хятад (Xjatad)

Etymology

From a Turkic source, ultimately from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 (Qïtań, “Khitan”), from Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, “Khitan”). Cognate with Old East Slavic Китай (Kitaj), Russian Кита́й (Kitáj), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý and Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), English Cathay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʲatʰat/
• Syllabification: Хя‧тад (2 syllables)

Proper noun

ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ • (kitad)

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

   Synonym: (China) ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
   ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (dumdadu ulus)

Noun

ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ • (kitad) (Cyrillic spelling хятад (xjatad))

1. Chinese (people or person)

   ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ
   ᠬᠡᠯᠡ ― kitad kele ― Chinese language (literally, “the language of the Chinese”)

   ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ
   ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ― kitad kümün ― Chinese (person)

   ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ
   ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠰᠤ ― kitad čaɣasu ― Chinese paper (literally, “paper of the Chinese”)

   ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ
   ᠬᠠᠨᠵᠢ ― kitad qanǰi ― Chinese characters; Hanzi (literally, “Hanzi of the Chinese”)

Declension

• This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (dumdadu ulus, “the Middle kingdom”)