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Of or pertaining to the Khitan people, language or scripts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Khitanian, Khitanic
Antonyms: none provided
The Khitan Empire; the state or land of the Khitan people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Liao
Antonyms: none provided
The extinct Para-Mongolic language spoken by the Khitan people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Khitanian, Khitanic
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خَطَائِيّ
(ḵaṭāʔiyy)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Belarusian:
кіда́ньскі
(kidánʹski)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Chinese Mandarin:
契丹
(Qìdān)
— of the people, language or scripts
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French:
khitan
— of the people, language or scripts
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Japanese:
契丹
(Kittan)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Japanese:
キタン
(Kitan)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Japanese:
キタイ
(Kitai)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Korean:
거란
(Georan)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Middle Korean:
그란
(Kulan)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Middle Korean:
거란
(Kelan)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Mongolian:
кидан
(kidan)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Mongolian:
хятан
(xjatan)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Mongolian:
ᠻᠢᠳᠠᠨ
(kidan)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Mongolian:
ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠨ
(qitan)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Polish:
kitański
— of the people, language or scripts
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Russian:
кида́ньский
(kidánʹskij)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Turkish:
Hıtaylı
— of the people, language or scripts
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Ukrainian:
кида́ньський
(kydánʹsʹkyj)
— of the people, language or scripts
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Mongolian:
Кидан улс
(Kidan uls)
— state
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Mongolian:
Хятан улс
(Xjatan uls)
— state
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Mongolian:
ᠻᠢᠳᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
(kidan ulus)
— state
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Mongolian:
ᠬᠢᠳᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
(qidan ulus)
— state
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Polish:
Kitan
— state
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Turkish:
Hıtay
— state
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Arabic:
اللُّغَة الْخَطَائِيَّة
(al-luḡa l-ḵiṭāʔiyya)
— language
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Azerbaijani:
xitay dili
— language
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Belarusian:
кіда́ньская мо́ва
(kidánʹskaja móva)
— language
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Chinese Mandarin:
契丹語 /契丹语
(Qìdānyǔ)
— language
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French:
khitan
— language
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Japanese:
契丹語
(Kittango)
— language
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Khmer:
ឈីតាន
(chi tan)
— language
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Korean:
거란어
(georaneo)
— language
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Polish:
język kitański
— language
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Russian:
кида́ньский язы́к
(kidánʹskij jazýk)
— language
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Turkish:
Hıtay dili
— language
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Turkish:
Hıtayca
— language
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Ukrainian:
кида́ньска мо́ва
(kydánʹska móva)
— language
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Arabic:
خَطَائِيّ
(ḵaṭāʔiyy)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Arabic:
خَطَائِيَّة
(ḵaṭāʔiyya)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Azerbaijani:
xitay
— member of a Mongolic people
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Belarusian:
кіда́нь
(kidánʹ)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Belarusian:
кіда́нька
(kidánʹka)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Literary Chinese:
契丹
(Qìdān)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Chinese Mandarin:
契丹人
(Qìdānrén)
— member of a Mongolic people
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French:
Khitan
— member of a Mongolic people
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French:
Khitane
— member of a Mongolic people
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Japanese:
契丹人
(Kittan-jin)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Japanese:
キタン人
(Kitan-jin)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Japanese:
キタイ人
(Kitai-jin)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Kazakh:
қидан
(qidan)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Khmer:
ឈីតាន
(chi tan)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Latin:
Kitai
— member of a Mongolic people
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Mongolian:
кидан
(kidan)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Mongolian:
хятан
(xjatan)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Mongolian:
ᠻᠢᠳᠠᠨ
(kidan)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Mongolian:
ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠨ
(qitan)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Old Turkic:
𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪
— member of a Mongolic people
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Old Uyghur:
𐽲𐽶𐾀𐽰𐽶
— member of a Mongolic people
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Old Uyghur:
𐽲𐾀𐽰𐽶
— member of a Mongolic people
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Old Uyghur:
𐽲𐽶𐾀𐽶
— member of a Mongolic people
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Polish:
Kitan
— member of a Mongolic people
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Polish:
Kitanka
— member of a Mongolic people
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Russian:
кида́нь
(kidánʹ)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Russian:
кида́нец
(kidánec)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Russian:
кида́нька
(kidánʹka)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Turkish:
Hıtay
— member of a Mongolic people
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Turkish:
Hıtaylı
— member of a Mongolic people
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Ukrainian:
кида́нь
(kydánʹ)
— member of a Mongolic people
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Ukrainian:
кида́нька
(kydánʹka)
— member of a Mongolic people
