ܨܝܢ
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ܨܝܼܢ • (ṣīn) f
- China (a country in East Asia; official name: People's Republic of China)
Derived terms
[edit]- ܨܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (ṣīnāyā, “Chinese”)
- ܨܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (ṣīnāˀīṯ, “Chinese language”)
Classical Syriac
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), via Arabic صين.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ܨܝܢ • (ṣīn)
- China
- Synonym: ܨܝܢܣܬܐܢ
- People's Republic of China
- Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܥܡܡܝܬܐ ܕܨܝܢ
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- ܛܐܝܘܐܢ (“Taiwan”)
- ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܨܝܢ (“Republic of China”)
- ܠܫܢܐ ܡܢܕܪܝܢܝܐ (“Mandarin”)
- ܠܫܢܐ ܩܢܛܘܢܝܐ (“Cantonese”)
References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Syriac ܨܝܢ
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ܨܝܢ • (ṣin)
Categories:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms borrowed from Persian
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Persian
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms borrowed from Arabic
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Arabic
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Middle Persian
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Sanskrit
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Old Chinese
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic lemmas
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic proper nouns
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic feminine nouns
- aii:China
- aii:Countries in Asia
- aii:Countries
- Classical Syriac terms derived from Middle Persian
- Classical Syriac terms borrowed from Arabic
- Classical Syriac terms derived from Arabic
- Classical Syriac terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Syriac lemmas
- Classical Syriac proper nouns
- syc:Countries
- syc:Countries in Asia
- Turoyo terms borrowed from Classical Syriac
- Turoyo terms derived from Classical Syriac
- Turoyo lemmas
- Turoyo proper nouns
- tru:Countries
- tru:Countries in Asia