Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kitai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: ki-tai
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Khitan, in its various senses.

Example Sentences

"ḲARA KHITĀI (or ḲARĀ KHIṬĀI), the usual name since the viᵗʰ (xiiᵗʰ) century in Muḥammadan sources for the Kitai people, mentioned by the Chinese from the eighth century A. D. onwards, who were probably Tunguz (according to another view Mongol)... From the beginning of the tenth century the Kitai carried on a campaign of conquest, conquered the northern part of China and founded a dynasty which as a Chinese ruling house was called Liao (916)."

Etymology

From Latin Kitai, from Khitan or , Khitai(n), probably via Uyghur خىتاي (xitay). Cognate with Cathay and Russian Кита́й (Kitáj).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Kitai, -, خىتاي

Derived Forms

Kytay

Synonyms

Khitan

Questions

What does kitai mean?: Synonym of Khitan, in its various senses.
Where does kitai come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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