Jaina
Marshallese
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology
Borrowed from English China, from Persian چینی (čīnī, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čīn, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-ī), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), probably from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲɑːinʲɑ], (enunciated) [tʲɑ inʲɑ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲæɰjinʲæɰ/
- Bender phonemes: {jahyinah}
Proper noun
Jaina
References
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- Marshallese terms derived from Sanskrit
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