qıta

See also: qítā

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa, “piece, fragment, section”).

Cognate with Bashkir ҡитға (qitğa), Uzbek qitʼa, Uyghur قىتئە (qit'e), Azerbaijani qitə, Turkish kıta (“continent”).

Noun

qıta

1. continent, mainland.

Declension

Declension of qıta

nominative	qıta
genitive	qıtanıñ
dative	qıtağa
accusative	qıtanı
locative	qıtada
ablative	qıtadan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN