kiang · noun1
- Tibetan · derived fromརྐྱང“wild ass”
- English todaykiang
From Tibetan རྐྱང (rkyang, “wild ass”).
Kiang · proper noun2
- Mandarin · borrowed from江“The River”
- English todayKiang
A romanization of various Chinese words which lack the palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ], which would be rendered jiāng, jiǎng, or jiàng in Mandarin pinyin. Particularly used for Mandarin 江 (Jiāng, “The River”) frequently in specific reference to the Yangtze.
Kiang · proper noun3
Variant of Jiang.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.