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語源

Reconstruction of Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, small script) or 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i, small script) under influence from Middle Chinese 契丹 (MC khejH|khj+t|khet tan).

Doublet of Cathay. Compare Russian Кита́й (Kitáj, “China”) and the various forms of Cathay (“legendary northern medieval China”) in European languages.

名詞

Khitan (plural Khitans or Khitan) (historical)

1. A member of the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitais, from the 9th to 13th century C.E.

派生語

形容詞

Khitan (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the Khitan people, language or scripts.

   Synonyms: Khitanian, Khitanic

   Near-synonym: (archaic) Cathayan

固有名詞

Khitan (historical)

1. The Khitan Empire; the state or land of the Khitan people.

   Synonym: Liao

   Near-synonym: (archaic) Cathay

2. The extinct Para-Mongolic language spoken by the Khitan people.

   Synonyms: Khitanian, Khitanic

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