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name
The language spoken by the Jie people, attested only in a fragment in the Book of Jin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Kjet
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: Kjet
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
