Кітай

See also: Китай and Kitaj

Belarusian

Etymology

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

Cognate with Kazakh Қытай (Qytai), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý (“China”) and Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), English Cathay, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲiˈtaj]

Proper noun

Кіта́й • (Kitáj) m inan (genitive Кіта́ю, uncountable, relational adjective кіта́йскі)

1. China (a region and country in East Asia)

Declension

Declension of Кіта́й (inan sg-only soft masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Кіта́й Kitáj
genitive	Кіта́ю Kitáju
dative	Кіта́ю Kitáju
accusative	Кіта́й Kitáj
instrumental	Кіта́ем Kitájem
locative	Кіта́і Kitái

See also

• кіта́ец (kitájec), кіта́янка (kitájanka)
• кіта́йскі (kitájski)

References

• “Кітай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

See Belarusian Кіта́й (Kitáj).

Proper noun

Кіта́й • (Kitáj) m

1. China (a region and country in East Asia)