Пекин

See also: Пекін

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛˈkin]

Proper noun

Пеки́н • (Pekín) m

1. Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)

Russian

Alternative forms

• Пеки́нъ (Pekín) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Ultimately from the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Compare Portuguese Pequim, Spanish Pekín, Dutch Peking, English Peking, French Pékin, German Peking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈkʲin]

Proper noun

Пеки́н • (Pekín) m inan (genitive Пеки́на, relational adjective пеки́нский)

1. Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)

   Synonym: (rare, standard transliteration) Бэйцзи́н (Bɛjczín)

Declension

Declension of Пеки́н (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Пеки́н Pekín
genitive	Пеки́на Pekína
dative	Пеки́ну Pekínu
accusative	Пеки́н Pekín
instrumental	Пеки́ном Pekínom
prepositional	Пеки́не Pekíne

Derived terms

• пеки́нец (pekínec), пеки́нка (pekínka)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Պեկին (Pekin)

See also

• Кита́й (Kitáj)