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چین
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Central Kurdish
Proper noun
چین (çîn)
Khalaj
Noun
چین (çîin) (definite accusative چینی, plural چینلَر)
Declension
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Old Anatolian Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čïn, from Middle Chinese 真 (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)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian چین (čīn, “China”).
Proper noun
چین • (Çin)
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːn/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰin]
Etymology 1
Perhaps lexicalization of the stem چیدن (čidan, “to gather up, to fold, to be put closer together”). Cognate with Khotanese tcāna-, meaning "wrinkle."
Noun
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), likely from Gandhari 𐨕𐨁𐨣 (cina), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna), likely from Old Chinese 秦 (OC *zin).
Proper noun
چین • (čin)
- China (a country in Asia)
- جمهوری چین ― jomhuri-ye čin ― the Republic of China
- جمهوری خلق چین ― jomhuri-ye xalq-e čin ― the People's Republic of China
- (obsolete) East Turkestan
Related terms
- چینی (čini)
- چینستان (činestân)
- ماچین (mâčin) / مهاچین (mahâčin)
- چین و ماچین (čin-o-mâčin)
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Urdu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti). Doublet of شانتی (śānti).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛːn/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛːn
Noun
چَین • (cain) m (Hindi spelling चैन)
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation 1
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeːn/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -eːn
Noun
چین • (cen) f (Hindi spelling चैन)
Declension
Pronunciation 2
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːn/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Sanskrit चीन (cīna). Possibly influenced by Classical Persian چین (čīn, “China”).
Proper noun
جزائر
انڈمان
انڈمان
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Classical Persian چین (čīn, “wrinkle”).
Noun
چِین • (cīn) m (Hindi spelling चीन)
Declension
References
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Ushojo
Adverb
چین (čīn)
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