Jeina

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Marshallese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English China, from Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), probably from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲeinʲɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲejinʲæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jȩyinah}

Derived terms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Jeina

  1. China

References[edit]

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