بكين
Meaning
Beijing (the capital city of China)
Synonyms
بيجينغ
بيجين
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bi.kiːn/
Etymology
Ultimately from the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Compare English Peking, French Pékin, Persian پکن (pekan), Portuguese Pequim and Russian Пеки́н (Pekín).
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