Кітай

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See also: Китай and Kitaj

Belarusian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Cognate with Kazakh Қытай (Qytai), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý (“China”) and Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), English Cathay, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Кіта́й • (Kitáj) m inan (genitive Кіта́ю, uncountable, relational adjective кіта́йскі)

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of Кіта́й (inan sg-only soft masc-form accent-a)
singular
nominative Кіта́й
Kitáj
genitive Кіта́ю
Kitáju
dative Кіта́ю
Kitáju
accusative Кіта́й
Kitáj
instrumental Кіта́ем
Kitájem
locative Кіта́і
Kitái

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • “Кітай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Carpathian Rusyn[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See Belarusian Кіта́й (Kitáj).

Proper noun[edit]

Кіта́й • (Kitáj) m

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