кыдат

Tuvan

Etymology

From Mongolic. Compare Classical Mongolian ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad), Written Oirat ᡍᡅᡐᠠᡑ (kitad); Mongolian хятад (xjatad), Buryat хитад (xitad), Kalmyk китд (kitd); and also Southern Altai кыдат (kïdat), Khakas хыдат (xıdat), dialectal Yakut кытат (kıtat, “warm land in the south where birds migrate to for winter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k̠ɤdɑt/

Noun

кыдат • (kıdat)

  1. (⁓ чон, ⁓ улус) the Chinese (people)
  2. (⁓ кижи) Chinese (person)

Derived terms

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