Khitan

khitan English Alternative forms en Kitai Khitai en Kitan K'itan + people + language + scripts Etymology Reconstruction of en zkt 𘱿𘲫 Khitan small script small script or zkt 𘱿𘱤 Khitan small script small scriptVariously also romanized Khita-i ("Khitan Geography, Pt. I") and Qid-i ("Khitan Geography, Pt. II"). under influence from ltc - 契丹. en Cathay. Compare ru Кита́й China and the various forms of en Cathay legendary northern medieval China in European languages. Pronunciation en Noun s * en historic A member of the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitais, from the 9th to 13th century Derived terms en Black Khitan Khitanian Khitanic Khitan large script Khitan small script Translations Note: Some of these translations may be for the plural. member of a Mongolic people Arabic: ar خَطَائِيّ m, ar خَطَائِيَّة f Azerbaijani: az xitay Belarusian: be кіда́нь m, be кіда́нька f Chinese: Literary Chinese: lzh-lit 契丹lzh check whether this should be lzh-lit ("Literary Chinese") or lzh ("Classical Chinese", < c. 200 AD) Mandarin: cmn 契丹人 Qìdānrén French: fr Khitan m, fr Khitane f Japanese: ja 契丹人 きったんじん, Kittan-jin, ja キタン人 キタンじん, Kitan-jin, ja キタイ人 キタイじん, Kitai-jin Kazakh: kk қидан Khmer: km ឈីតាន chi tan Latin: la Kitai Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn кидан, mn хятан Mongolian script: mn ᠻᠢᠳᠠᠨ Mongolia, mn ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠨ Old Turkic: otk 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 qïtań Old Uyghur: oui 𐽲𐽶𐾀𐽰𐽶 qïtay, oui 𐽲𐾀𐽰𐽶 qïtay, oui 𐽲𐽶𐾀𐽶 qïtay Polish: pl Kitan m, pl Kitanka f Russian: ru кида́нь m, ru кида́нец m, ru кида́нька m Turkish: tr Hıtay, tr Hıtaylı Ukrainian: uk кида́нь m, uk кида́нька f Adjective - en historical Of or pertaining to the Khitan people, language or scripts. en Khitanian Khitanic en Cathayan<q:archaic> Translations of the people, language or scripts Arabic: ar خَطَائِيّ Belarusian: be кіда́ньскі Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 契丹 Qìdān French: fr khitan Japanese: ja 契丹 きったん, Kittan, ja キタン Kitan, ja キタイ Kitai Korean: ko ^거란(契丹) Middle Korean: okm ^그란, okm ^거란 Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn кидан, mn хятан Mongolian script: mn ᠻᠢᠳᠠᠨ Mongolia, mn ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠨ Polish: pl kitański Russian: ru кида́ньский Turkish: tr Hıtaylı Ukrainian: uk кида́ньський Proper noun en historic The Khitan Empire; the state or land of the Khitan people. en Liao en Cathay<q:archaic> The extinct Para-Mongolic language spoken by the Khitan people. en Khitanian Khitanic Translations state Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Кидан улс, mn Хятан улс Mongolian script: mn ᠻᠢᠳᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ, mn ᠬᠢᠳᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ Polish: pl Kitan m Turkish: tr Hıtay language Arabic: ar اللُّغَة الْخَطَائِيَّة f al-luḡa l-ḵaṭāʔiyya Azerbaijani: az xitay dili Belarusian: be кіда́ньская мо́ва f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 契丹語 Qìdānyǔ French: fr khitan m Japanese: ja 契丹語 きったんご, Kittango Khmer: km ឈីតាន chi tan Korean: ko 거란어(契丹語) Polish: pl język kitański m Russian: ru кида́ньский язы́к m Turkish: tr Hıtay dili, tr Hıtayca Ukrainian: uk кида́ньска мо́ва f References en 2-syllable words en Languages Ethnonyms French Noun m Khitane #s en Khitan (person)