Sina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sina"

English

Etymology 1

Anglicization of Irish Síne and Scottish Gaelic Sìne. Doublet of Jane.

Proper noun

Sina

1. A unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic.

Related terms

• Sheena, Sinah

Etymology 2

From Hebrew.

Proper noun

Sina

1. (biblical) (in some versions) Sinai
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 7:30:

     And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

Etymology 3

From Persian سینا (sinâ).

Proper noun

Sina

1. A transliteration of the Persian male given name سینا (sinâ).

Related terms

• Avicenna

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Sina

1. Alternative form of Shina: a Kashmiri people and language.

Etymology 5

Proper noun

Sina

1. Alternative form of Sinam surname of Meitei origin.

Anagrams

• ANSI, ASIN, ISNA, Isan, Nias, Sain, Sani, Sian, anis, as in, nais, nasi, nasi', nias, sain

German

Etymology

Short form of names ending in -sina, such as Rosina or Teresina.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sina

1. a female given name

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai) of uncertain etymology, but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (Ṣīn, “China; the Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" at Wikipedia. Doublet of Sinae and Chinae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.na/, [ˈs̠iːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.na/, [ˈsiːnä]

Proper noun

Sīna f sg (genitive Sīnae); first declension

1. Synonym of Sinae, China (a country in East Asia)
2. (uncommon) Synonym of Changanum, former name of Siganum, Xi'an (the former capital of China)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sīna
Genitive	Sīnae
Dative	Sīnae
Accusative	Sīnam
Ablative	Sīnā
Vocative	Sīna

Related terms

• Sīnicus, sīnicus
• sīnēnsis

 

Descendants

• English: Sino-
• French: sino-
• Italian: sino-
• Portuguese: sino-
• Sicilian: sinu-
• Spanish: sino-

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Σινάι (Sinái), itself from Biblical Hebrew סִינַי (Sináy).

Alternative forms

• Sīnai

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.na/, [ˈs̠iːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.na/, [ˈsiːnä]

Proper noun

Sīna ? sg (genitive Sīnae); first declension

1. A peninsula in eastern Egypt, bordering Asia.
2. A mountain in Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sīna
Genitive	Sīnae
Dative	Sīnae
Accusative	Sīnam
Ablative	Sīnā
Vocative	Sīna

Related terms

• Hōrēb

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsina/, [ˈsi.nɐ]
• Hyphenation: Si‧na

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Sina (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Tsina

Etymology 2

Noun

Sina (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Tsina