ܨܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܨܝܢ

ܐܬܐ ܕܨܝܢ

Alternative forms

• ܨܝܼܢܵܐ (ṣīnā)
• ܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐ (čīnā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چین (čin) through Arabic الصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn), from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna), itself derived from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [sˤiːn]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiːnɑː]

Proper noun

ܨܝܼܢ • (ṣīn) f

1. China (a country in East Asia; official name: People's Republic of China)

Derived terms

• ܨܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (ṣīnāyā, “Chinese”)
• ܨܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (ṣīnāˀīṯ, “Chinese language”)

Classical Syriac

ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܥܡܡܝܬܐ ܕܨܝܢ

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), via Arabic صين.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤin]

Proper noun

ܨܝܢ • (ṣīn)

1. China

   Synonym: ܨܝܢܣܬܐܢ

2. People's Republic of China

   Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܥܡܡܝܬܐ ܕܨܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܨܝܢܝܐ (“Chinese”)
• ܨܝܢܐܝܬ (“Chinese language”)

Related terms

• ܛܐܝܘܐܢ (“Taiwan”)
• ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܨܝܢ (“Republic of China”)
• ܠܫܢܐ ܡܢܕܪܝܢܝܐ (“Mandarin”)
• ܠܫܢܐ ܩܢܛܘܢܝܐ (“Cantonese”)

References

• ܨܝܢ on syriacdictionary.net
• “syny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 478

Turoyo

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܨܝܢ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤin]

Proper noun

ܨܝܢ • (ṣin)

1. China

   Synonym: ܫ̰ܝܢ (čyn)