Khitan

See also: khitan

English

Alternative forms

• Kitai, Khitai
• Kitan, K'itan

Etymology

Borrowed from Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún) or 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i) under influence from Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), and Mongolian Кидан (Kidan).

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

Noun

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..

   Synonym: (plural) Liao

Derived terms

• Black Khitan
• Khitanian
• Khitanic
• Khitan large script
• Khitan small script

 

Translations

• Note: Some of these translations may be for the plural.

member of a Mongolic people

• Arabic: خَطَائِيّ m (ḵaṭāʔiyy), خَطَائِيَّة f (ḵaṭāʔiyya)
• Azerbaijani: xitay
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 契丹 (zh) (Qìdān)

• French: Khitan (fr) m, Khitane f
• Khmer: ឈីតាន (chi tan)
• Latin: Kitai
• Mongolian: кидан (kidan)
• Russian: кида́нь m or f (kidánʹ)
• Turkish: Hıtay, Hıtaylı

Adjective

Khitan (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: Khitanian, Khitanic

   Near-synonym: (archaic) Cathayan

Translations

of the people, language or scripts

• Arabic: خَطَائِيّ (ḵaṭāʔiyy)
• French: khitan (fr)
• Mongolian: кидан (kidan)
• Russian: кида́ньский (kidánʹskij)
• Turkish: Hıtaylı

Proper noun

Khitan (historical)

1. The extinct Mongolic language spoken by the Khitan people.

   Synonyms: Khitanian, Khitanic

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

   Synonym: Liao

   Near-synonym: (archaic) Cathay

Translations

language

• Arabic: اللُّغَة الْخَطَائِيَّة f (al-luḡa l-ḵiṭāʔiyya)
• Azerbaijani: xitay dili
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 契丹語／契丹语 (zh) (Qìdānyǔ)

• French: khitan (fr) m
• Japanese: 契丹語 (きったんご, Kittango)
• Khmer: ឈីតាន (chi tan)
• Russian: кида́ньский язы́к m (kidánʹskij jazýk)
• Turkish: Hıtayca

state

• Mongolian: Кидан (mn) (Kidan)
• Turkish: Hıtay

French

Noun

Khitan m (plural Khitans, feminine Khitane)

1. Khitan (person)