Khitan

契丹人

词形变化

Khitans 复数 Khitans

别名

Kitai Khitai Kitan K'itan

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    契丹人

    契丹

    历史
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to the Khitan people, language or scripts.

    契丹

    历史
name
  1. 1.

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

    历史
  2. 2.

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

    契丹语

    历史

相关短语

Khitan small script 契丹小字 Khitan large script 契丹大字 Black Khitan

词源

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.

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