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چین

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See also: حين, خين, جئن, جین, and خین

Central Kurdish

Proper noun

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چین (çîn)

  1. China (a country in Asia)

Khalaj

Noun

چین (çîin) (definite accusative چینی, plural چینلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of çîin (shoulder)

Declension

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Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čïn, from Middle Chinese (tsyin, true; real). Compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (čïn, true, real), Bashkir ысын (ısın), Tatar чын (çın), Kazakh шын (şyn), Uzbek chin, Khakas сын (sın),0 Tuvan шын (şın, true, real), Yakut дьиҥ (jiñ).

Adjective

چین (çın)

  1. true, real, accurate.
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: çin
  • Turkish: (dialectal) çın, çin

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian چین (čīn, China).

Proper noun

چین (Çin)

  1. China (a country in Asia)

Persian

Pronunciation

 

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Etymology 1

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Perhaps lexicalization of the stem چیدن (čidan, to gather up, to fold, to be put closer together). Cognate with Khotanese tcāna-, meaning "wrinkle."

Noun

چین (čin) (plural چین‌ها (čin-hâ))

  1. wrinkle
  2. crease
  3. fold

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, China), likely from Gandhari 𐨕𐨁𐨣 (cina), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna), likely from Old Chinese (OC *zin).

Proper noun

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چین (čin)

  1. China (a country in Asia)
    جمهوری چینjomhuri-ye činthe Republic of China
    جمهوری خلق چینjomhuri-ye xalq-e činthe People's Republic of China
  2. (obsolete) East Turkestan
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Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti). Doublet of شانتی (śānti).

Pronunciation

Noun

چَین (cain) m (Hindi spelling चैन)

  1. comfort, tranquility, at rest, quiet, peace
    Synonyms: امن (amn), سکون (sukūn), آرام (ārām)
Declension
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from English chain.

Pronunciation 1

Noun

چین (cen) f (Hindi spelling चैन)

  1. a golden chain (a piece of jewellery)
  2. (literally) chain
    Synonym: زنجیر (zanjīr)
Declension
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Pronunciation 2

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit चीन (cīna). Possibly influenced by Classical Persian چین (čīn, China).

Proper noun

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چِین (cīn) m (Hindi spelling चीन)

  1. China (a country in Asia)
  2. Sino-
    پاک چین سرحدpāk cīn sarḥadSino-Pak border
  3. CHN, China (ISO)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Classical Persian چین (čīn, wrinkle).

Noun

چِین (cīn) m (Hindi spelling चीन)

  1. frown, pucker, wrinkle
Declension
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References

  • چین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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Ushojo

Adverb

چین (čīn)

  1. now, right now

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