𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪

Old Turkic edit

Borrowed from Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún) or Khitan 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i). Cognate with Middle Chinese 契丹 (MC khejH|khj+t|khet tan, “Khitans”) and Mongolian Кидан (Kidan). More at Khitan.

𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 (Qïtań)

Khitan Empire
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E5, Mongolia
  𐰆𐱃𐰔𐱃𐱃𐰺 : 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 : 𐱃𐱃𐰉𐰃
  otuztatar:qïtań:tatabï
  ...Thirty Mongols, Khitan Empire, Tatabi...
China

Oghuz:
- → Turkish: Hitay (rare)
- Turkmen: Hytaý
Karluk:
- Uyghur: خىتاي (xitay)
- Uzbek: Xitoy
Kipchak:
- Northern Kipchak:
  - Kazakh: Қытай (Qytai)
- Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: Кытай (Kıtay)
Siberian:
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: Кытай (Kıtay)
Slavic:
- → Old East Slavic: Китаи (Kitai)
  - Belarusian: Кіта́й (Kitáj)
  - Russian: Кита́й (Kitáj)
    - → Adyghe: Китай (Kitaj)
    - → Livvi: Kitai
    - → Veps: Kitai
    - → Yakut: Китай (Kitay)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: Кіта́й (Kitáj)
  - Ukrainian: Кита́й (Kytáj)
→ Persian: ختای (xatây)
- → Latin: Cataya, Cathaya
  - French: Cathay
    - → English: Cathay
  - Italian: Catai
  - Portuguese: Catai
  - Spanish: Catay

Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan