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

• Sani, nias, ASIN, ANSI, nasi, nais, Sian, AINs, Anis, ISNA, Sain, Isan, Nias, sian, sain, as in, ains, anis, nasi', NIAS

Albanian

Proper noun

Sina

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Proper noun

Sina f

1. definite nominative of Sinë

Statistics

• According to the 2011 Albanian census, Sina is the 37^th most common surname in Albania, belonging to 4989 individuals.

Dutch

Proper noun

Sina n

1. obsolete form of China

Derived terms

• appelsien
• sinaasappel

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Sina

1. a female given name

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.na]

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.

	singular
nominative	Sīna
genitive	Sīnae
dative	Sīnae
accusative	Sīnam
ablative	Sīnā
vocative	Sīna

Related terms

• sinēnsis
• Sīnicus, sīnicus

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
• Syna

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.na]

Proper noun

Sīna f 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.

	singular
nominative	Sīna
genitive	Sīnae
dative	Sīnae
accusative	Sīnam
ablative	Sīnā
vocative	Sīna

Related terms

• Hōrēb

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsina/ [ˈsiː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Si‧na

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Sina (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ) (obsolete)

1. alternative form of Tsina

Etymology 2

Noun

Sina (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ) (obsolete)

1. alternative form of Tsina

Anagrams

• nais, asin, anis