ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ

Classical Mongolian

Alternative forms

• ᠬᠢᠲ᠋ᠠᠳ (kitad)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Mongol 乞塔^惕 (kitad, “Khitans”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰi.tʰät/

Noun

ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad)

1. the Chinese, Han Chinese (people)
2. a Chinese, ethnic Han (person)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad)

  Cyrillic script: хятад (xjatad)

• → Buryat: хитад (xitad)
• → Yakut: кытат (kïtat)

Proper noun

ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad)

1. China, Ming dynasty
2. a male given name

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad)

  Cyrillic script: Хятад (Xjatad)

• → Buryat: Хитад (Xitad)

Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad, “Chinese; China”), from Middle Mongol 乞塔^惕 (“Khitans”).

Compare Khitan large script [Term?], Khitan small script 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún); Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 (Qïtań), and Old Uyghur 𐽲𐽶𐾀𐽰𐽶 (qytʾy /⁠qïtay⁠/), 𐽲𐾀𐽰𐽶 (qtʾy /⁠qïtay⁠/), 𐽲𐽶𐾀𐽶 (qyty /⁠qïtay⁠/), whence Russian Кита́й (Kitáj, “China”) and English Cathay.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad)	Хятад (Xjatad)

ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ • (kitad)

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

   Synonym: (China) ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
   ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (dumdadu ulus)

2. (historical) a male given name

Noun

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad)	хятад (xjatad)

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

1. Han 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

Declension of ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ

	nominative	genitive			dative–locative		accusative		ablative	instrumental	comitative		directional	similative
		attributive	substantive		adverbial	adjectival locative	indefinite	definite			modern	archaic
			singular	plural
singular	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ (kitad-un)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠬᠢ (kitad-un ki)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠬᠢᠨ (kitad-un kin)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠲᠤ᠌ (kitad-tu)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠳ᠋ᠠᠬᠢ (kitad-daki)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠢ᠋ (kitad-i)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠠ᠋ᠴᠠ (kitad-ača)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠢ᠋ᠶ᠋ᠠᠷ (kitad-iyar)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠲᠠᠢ (kitad-tai)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠯᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (kitad lug-a)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (kitad uruɣu)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠰᠢᠭ᠋ (kitad sig)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠮᠡᠲᠦ (kitad metü)
plural	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ (kitad ud)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ (kitad ud un)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠬᠢ (kitad ud-un ki)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠬᠢᠨ (kitad ud-un kin)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠲᠤ᠌ (kitad ud-tu)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠳ᠋ᠠᠬᠢ (kitad ud-daki)		ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠢ᠋ (kitad ud-i)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠠ᠋ᠴᠠ (kitad ud-ača)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠢ᠋ᠶ᠋ᠠᠷ (kitad ud-iyar)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠲᠠᠢ (kitad ud-tai)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠯᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (kitad ud lug-a)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (kitad ud uruɣu)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠰᠢᠭ᠋ (kitad ud sig)	ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠮᠡᠲᠦ (kitad ud metü)