ሲን
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Tigre[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic الصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn), originally from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn), from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna), itself derived from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).
Proper noun[edit]
ሲን • (sin)
- China (a country in Asia)
- Raz, Shlomo (1983) Tigre grammar and texts (Afroasiatic Dialects; 4), Malibu: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 118 n. 10 line 7: “እሊ ዮም እት ዐድ ኣሜሪካ ወመስኮብ ወእንግሊዝ ወፈረንሰ ወሲን ለልትረከብ አጽዋር አቶሚክ ወሂድሮጂን ባጽሕ ክም ሀለ ክልነ ነአምር። ― ʾəlli yom ʾət ʿad ʾamerika wamaskob waʾəngliz wafaransa wasin lalətrakkab ʾaṣwār ʾatomik wahidroğin bāṣəḥ-kəm-halla kəlna naʾammər. ― We all know that today this weaponry which exists in the countries of America, Russia, Britain, France, and China has reached [the stage of] atomic and hydrogen [bombs].”