Китай

From Russian Китай (Kitaj), from Old East Slavic Китаи (Kitai). Ultimately from Khitan 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i) or 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, “Khitan”). Cognate Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý and Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), English Cathay, etc.

Китай • (Kitaj)

1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
2. China (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)

Cognate with Russian Кита́й (Kitáj). See there for more.

• IPA^(key): [kiˈtaj]

• Audio:

  (file)

Кита́й • (Kitáj) m (relational adjective кита́йски)

1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
2. China (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)

• кита́ец (kitáec), кита́йка (kitájka)
• кита́йски (kitájski)

• “Китай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “Китай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn Кітай (Kitaj), from Old East Slavic Китаи (Kitai), ultimately from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 (Qïtań), from Khitan 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i) or 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkitaj]
• Rhymes: -itaj
• Hyphenation: Ки‧тай

Китай (Kitaj) m inan (related adjective китайски)

1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
2. China (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)

• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “China”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 53

Inherited from Old East Slavic Китаи (Kitai), from a Turkic source, ultimately from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 (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.

Doublet of кида́нь (kidánʹ). Cognate with Kazakh Қытай (Qytai), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Belarusian Кітай (Kitaj), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uyghur خىتاي (xitay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý (“China”) and Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), English Cathay, etc.

• IPA^(key): [kʲɪˈtaj]

• Audio:

  (file)

Кита́й • (Kitáj) m inan (genitive Кита́я, nominative plural Кита́и, genitive plural Кита́ев, relational adjective кита́йский)

1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)

   Synonym: Поднебе́сная (Podnebésnaja)

   в Кита́е ― v Kitáje ― in China

   в Кита́й ― v Kitáj ― to China

   из Кита́я ― iz Kitája ― from China

2. China (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)

Cognate with Russian Кита́й (Kitáj). See there for more.

• IPA^(key): [keˈtai̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

Кита́й • (Kytáj) m inan (genitive Кита́ю, uncountable, relational adjective кита́йський)

1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949; official name: Кита́йська Наро́дна Респу́бліка (Kytájsʹka Naródna Respúblika))
2. China (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)
3. a lake in Ukraine

• кита́єць (kytájecʹ), китая́нка (kytajánka)
• кита́йський (kytájsʹkyj)

• “Китай”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Borrowed from Russian Кита́й (Kitáj).

Китай • (Kitay)

1. alternative form of Кытай (Kıtay, “China”): China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)

   Китай Народнай Республиката ― Kitay Narodnay Respublikata ― the People’s Republic of China

   Китай Республиката ― Kitay Respublikata ― the Republic of China

• китайскай (kitayskay, “Chinese”)
• китаец (kitayets, “a Chinese person”)

• кытат (kıtat)