ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʲatʰat/
• Syllabification: Хя‧тад (2 syllables)

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

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”)

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