The story
- Middle Mongol · derived fromᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ“City of the Khan”
- cmg · borrowed fromᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ
- English todayKhanbalik
From Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (qanbalik), from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (qanbalik, “City of the Khan”), from ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) + ᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (balik), both possibly from Old Turkic. Compare Mongolian Ханбалиг (Xanbalig).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.