Кітай
Belarusian
Etymology
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 Ukrainian Кита́й (Kytáj), Russian Кита́й (Kitáj), Kazakh Қытай (Qytai), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý (“China”) and Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), English Cathay, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲiˈtaj]
Proper noun
Кіта́й • (Kitáj) m inan (genitive Кіта́ю, uncountable, relational adjective кіта́йскі)
Declension
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
References
- “Кітай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Carpathian Rusyn
Etymology
See Belarusian Кіта́й (Kitáj).
Proper noun
Кіта́й • (Kitáj) m
Descendants
- → Pannonian Rusyn: Китай (Kitaj)