ماچین

Persian

Alternative forms

• مهاچین (mahâčin) (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier Classical Persian مَهَاچِین (mahāčīn), from Sanskrit महाचीन (mahācīna).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maː.ˈt͡ʃiːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.t͡ʃʰiːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.t͡ʃʰiːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.t͡ʃʰiːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.t͡ʃʰin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.t͡ʃʰiːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.t͡ʃʰin]

• Rhymes: -iːn

Readings
Classical reading?	māčīn
Dari reading?	māčīn
Iranian reading?	mâčin
Tajik reading?	močin

Proper noun

ماچین • (mâčin)

1. Greater China, Mainland China

Derived terms

• چین و ماچین (čin o mâčin)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ماچین”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul