кыдат

Tuvan

Etymology

From Mongolic. Compare Classical Mongolian ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (qitad), Written Oirat ᡍᡅᡐᠠᡑ (kitad); Mongolian хятад (hjatad), Buryat хитад (xitad), Kalmyk китд (kitd); and also Southern Altai кыдат (kïdat), Khakas хыдат (xıdat), dialectical Yakut кытат (kıtat, “warm land in the south where birds migrate to for winter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /k̠ɤdɑt/

Noun

кыдат • (kıdat)

  1. (⁓ чон, ⁓ улус) the Chinese (people)
  2. (⁓ кижи) Chinese (person)

Derived terms
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