Қытай

See also: қытай

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic قىتاي
Cyrillic Қытай
Latin Qytai

Etymology

Ultimately from Khitan [script needed] (Khita(n)), probably via Old Uyghur خىتاي.[1] Compare also Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 and 𐰴𐰃𐱃𐰪 (/⁠qïtaň⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qə.tɑj/, [qʰə̠.tɑj]

Proper noun

Қытай • (Qytai)

  1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
    Қытай Халық Республикасы
    Qytai Xalyq Respublikasy
    the People’s Republic of China

Declension

Declension of Қытай
singular plural
nominative Қытай (Qytai) -
genitive Қытайдың (Qytaidyñ) -
dative Қытайға (Qytaiğa) -
accusative Қытайды (Qytaidy) -
locative Қытайда (Qytaida) -
ablative Қытайдан (Qytaidan) -
instrumental Қытаймен (Qytaimen) -

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Sinor, D. (1998) "The Kitan and the Kara Kitay" in History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Vol. IV, Pt. I, UNESCO, p. 241.