Khitan

See also: khitan

English

Alternative forms

• Kitai, Khitai
• Kitan

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Khitan or , Khitai(n), under influence from Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), Middle Chinese Khejtan, and Mongolian Кидан (Kidan). Cognate with Russian Кита́й (Kitáj, “China”) and the various forms of Cathay (“legendary northern medieval China”) in European languages.

Proper noun

Khitan

1. An extinct Mongolic language once spoken in the northern China.
2. Ancient nomadic people who lived in that area.

Synonyms

• (people): Liao

Related terms

• (land of the Khitans): Cathay; Catai, Kytay (obsolete)

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 契丹語／契丹语 (qìdānyǔ), 契丹语 (Qìdānyǔ)

• Japanese: 契丹語 (きったんご, Kittango)
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• Khmer: ឈីតាន (chi tan)
• Russian: кида́ньский (kidánʹskij) (язы́к)

people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 契丹 (zh) (Qìdān)

• Khmer: ឈីតាន (chi tan)
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• Latin: Kitai
• Russian: кида́нь m or f (kidánʹ)