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Khitan

Khitan

See also: khitan

English

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Khitan

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

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  1. ↑ Variously also romanized Khita-i ("Khitan Geography, Pt. I") and Qid-i ("Khitan Geography, Pt. II").

khitan

khitan

See also: Khitan

Indonesian

Noun

khitan

  1. circumcision (excising foreskin from ****)

Etymology

From Khitan or , Khitai(n),[1] 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.

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