Khanbalik

English

Alternative forms

• Cambaluc, Cambuluc, Chanbalik, Cambalik, Kambalig
• Khanbaliq, Khanbalikh, Khanbaligh
• Qanbaliq
• Kanbalu

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (qanbalik), from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (qanbalik, “City of the Khan”), from ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) +‎ ᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (balik), both possibly from Old Turkic. Compare Mongolian Ханбалиг (Xanbalig).

Proper noun

Khanbalik

1. (historical) The capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, at site of present-day Beijing.
   • 1999, “Beijing”, in The Book of the World, 2nd United States edition (Atlas), Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 367:

     Genghis Khan initiated Beijing's nearly 800-year dominance over the Middle Kingdom. The city's current population numbers ten million people, far more than lived here in 1215 A.D. when the Mongol warlord conquered the strategically significant power center of Yanying and built Khanbalik, his new residence.

Synonyms

• Dadu, Daidu; Ta-tu (obsolete)
• (inexact): Beijing

Translations

capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汗八里 (Hànbālǐ), 元大都 (Yuán Dàdū), 大都 (zh) (Dàdū)

• Kazakh: Ханбалық (Xanbalyq)
• Marathi: खानबालिक (khānbālik)
• Mongolian: Хаан балгас (Xaan balgas), Ханбалиг (Xanbalig)
• Russian: Ханбалы́к m (Xanbalýk)