Etymology

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Middle Chinese 行在
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  1. Middle Chinese · derived from行在
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From Middle Chinese 行在 or possibly 京師 (kjaeng srij) via one or more languages (e.g. in the story of Marco Polo).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.