Pékin
Meaning
Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pe.kɛ̃/
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), specifically the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Doublet of Beijing. Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim, English Peking, Dutch Peking. See also Tonkin and Nankin (“Nanjing”).
Cognate with Spanish
Pekín
Cognate with Portuguese
Pequim
Cognate with English
Peking
Cognate with Dutch
Peking
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