1. Khitan - Noun
2. Khitan - Adjective
3. Khitan - Proper noun
An extinct Mongolic language once spoken in the northern China.
The Khitan Empire; the state of the Khitan people.
Synonym: Liao
Khitan (plural Khitans or Khitan)
A member of an ancient nomadic people of northern China.
Synonym: (plural) Liao
Khitan (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to the Khitan people, language or scripts.
Precursors Bronze 'fish tally' with Khitan script mainThe Xianbei spoke a proto-Mongolic language and wrote down several pieces of literature in their language. Source: Internet
In Korea, the rulers of the Goryeo Kingdom were able to concentrate more central authority into their own hands than in that of the nobles, and were able to fend off two Khitan invasions with their armies. Source: Internet
In 1887 he was ceremonially Khitan (circumcision) together with his younger brother Mohammed Ali Tewfik. Source: Internet
Other Khitan and Xi cavalry units had been incorporated into the Jin army. Source: Internet
The Khitan uprising was not suppressed until 1164; their horses were confiscated so that the rebels had to take up farming. Source: Internet
Thomas Hoppe, Die ethnischen Gruppen Xinjiangs: Kulturunterschiede und interethnische, p. 66 The Khitan, however, had two scripts of their own and many Mongolic words are found in their half-deciphered writings. Source: Internet