ماچین

Persian

Alternative forms

• مهاچین (mahâčin) (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.t͡ʃiːn]

 

• (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]

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, London: Routledge & K. Paul