چینی

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree

Urdu چِین (cīn)

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)bor.

Urdu ـِی (-ī)

Urdu چِینِی (cīnī)bor.

Kalami چینی

Borrowed from Urdu چِینِی (cīnī), from چِین (cīn, “China”) + ـِی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: H
• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕíníː/

Noun

چینی (činī) f

1. sugar

References

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “činī”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 84

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

چینی (çînî) (not comparable)

1. Arabic spelling of çînî (“Chinese”)

Proper noun

چینی (çînî) f

1. Arabic spelling of çînî (“the Chinese language”)

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “Ç’înî”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 143

Ottoman Turkish

چینی

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”).

Noun

چینی • (çini)

1. porcelain, a hard, white, translucent ceramic traditionally made in China

   Synonym: فغفور (fağfur)

2. encaustic tile, a glazed and fired tile, having patterns of different coloured clays
3. faience, a type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic traditionally made in Faenza
4. porcelain blue, a peculiarly delicate, light blue color

Derived terms

• چینی بند (çini bend, “maker of encaustic tiles”)
• چینی خانه (çini hane, “repository for porcelains”)
• چینیلو (çinili, “decorated with faience”)

Descendants

• Turkish: çini

Adjective

چینی • (çini)

1. Chinese, of, from, or related to China

   Synonym: سینی (sini)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çini1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1003
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چینی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 489
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Porcellana”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1318
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “چینی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1700
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çini”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چینی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 748

Persian

Etymology

From چین (čīn / čin, “China”) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː.ˈniː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	čīnī
Dari reading?	čīnī
Iranian reading?	čini
Tajik reading?	čini

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

چینی • (čīnī / čini) (Tajik spelling чинӣ)

1. Chinese

   زبان چینی ― zabân-e čini ― the Chinese language

Noun

چینی • (čīnī / čini) (plural چینی‌ها (čīnī-hā / čini-hâ), Tajik spelling чинӣ)

1. Chinese (person)
2. porcelain; china, Chinese ceramics

   Synonym: فغفوری (faġfūrī / faġfuri)

Proper noun

چینی • (čīnī / čini) (Tajik spelling чинӣ)

1. Chinese (language)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: çini
• → Ottoman Turkish: چینی (çini)
  • Turkish: çini

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “چینی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

Etymology

From چِین (cīn, “China”) +‎ ـِی (-ī)

Adjective

چِینِی • (cīnī) (Gurmukhi spelling ਚੀਨੀ)

1. Chinese

Noun

چِینِی • (cīnī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਚੀਨੀ)

1. Chinese (language)
2. sugar

Urdu

Etymology

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Urdu چِین (cīn)

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)bor.

Urdu ـِی (-ī)

Urdu چینی

From چِین (cīn, “China”) + ـِی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː.niː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

چِینِی • (cīnī) (Hindi spelling चीनी)

1. Chinese

Noun

چِینِی • (cīnī) m or f (Hindi spelling चीनी)

1. Chinese (person)

Declension

Masculine:

Declension of چینی

	singular	plural
direct	چِینی (cīnī)	چِینی (cīnī)
oblique	چِینی (cīnī)	چِینِیوں (cīniyõ)
vocative	چِینی (cīnī)	چِینِیو (cīniyo)

Feminine:

Declension of چینی

	singular	plural
direct	چِینی (cīnī)	چِینِیاں (cīniyā̃)
oblique	چِینی (cīnī)	چِینِیوں (cīniyō̃)
vocative	چِینی (cīnī)	چِینِیو (cīniyō)

Noun

چِینِی • (cīnī) f (Hindi spelling चीनी)

1. Chinese (language)

Noun

چِینِی • (cīnī) f (Hindi spelling चीनी)

1. sugar

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu چینی (čīnī).

Noun

چینی (čīnī)

1. sugar