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Китай

Китай

See also: Кітай

Bulgarian

Proper noun

Китай (Kitáj) m

  1. China (country in east Asia)

Russian

Китай

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Китай (Kitaй), from a Turkic source, ultimately from Old Turkic Qïtaǰ (Khitan), from Khitan Khita(n), the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then Northern China, then Central Asia from the 9th to 13th centuries. Cognate with Kazakh Қытай (Qıtay), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qïtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý (China) and English Cathay, &c.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲɪˈtaj]

Proper noun

Кита́й (Kitáj) m inan (genitive Кита́я, nominative plural Кита́и, genitive plural Кита́ев)

  1. China
    в Кита́еv Kitáje ― in China
    в Кита́йv Kitáj ― to China
    из Кита́яiz Kitája ― from China

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Ukrainian

Etymology

See Russian.

Proper noun

Кита́й (Kytáj) m inan (genitive Кита́ю)

  1. China

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