"Китаи" meaning in Old East Slavic

See Китаи in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kiˈtɑjɪ/ (note: ca. 9ᵗʰ CE), /kiˈtajɪ/ (note: ca. 11ᵗʰ CE), /kiˈtaj/ (note: ca. 13ᵗʰ CE) Forms: Kitai [romanization]
Etymology: From a Turkic source (most likely Kipchak), ultimately from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 (Qïtań), from Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, “Khitan”), the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then Northern China, then Central Asia from the 9th to 13th centuries. More at Cathay. First attested between 1402 and 1408 in a list of cities and regions conquered by Tamerlane Etymology templates: {{der|orv|trk}} Turkic, {{der|orv|qwm|-}} Kipchak, {{der|orv|otk|𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪|tr=Qïtań}} Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 (Qïtań), {{der|orv|zkt|^𘱿𘲫||Khitan}} Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, “Khitan”) Head templates: {{head|orv|proper noun|||||||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sc=|tr=}} Китаи (Kitai) m, {{orv-proper noun|m}} Китаи (Kitai) m
  1. Qara Khitai people Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Китаи-orv-name-8KpNAh7Q
  2. Cathay, medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing (a region of East Asia) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Regions of Asia
    Sense id: en-Китаи-orv-name-6v-LF1SN Categories (other): Old East Slavic entries with incorrect language header, Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Old East Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 24 76

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