ܨܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܨܝܼܢܵܐ (ṣīnā)
• ܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐ (čīnā)
• ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܨܝܼܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (bēṯ ṣīnāyē)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چین (čin) through Arabic الصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn), from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna), itself derived from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [sˤiːn]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiːnɑː]

Proper noun

ܨܝܼܢ • (ṣīn) f

1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)

Derived terms

• ܨܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (ṣīnāyā, “Chinese”)
• ܨܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (ṣīnāˀīṯ, “Chinese language”)

Classical Syriac

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ܨܝܢ

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ܠܫܢܐ ܨܝܢܝܐ

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Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), via Arabic صين.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤin]

Proper noun

ܨܝܢ • (ṣīn)

1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949; official name: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܥܡܡܝܬܐ ܕܨܝܢ (“People's Republic of China”))

   Synonym: ܨܝܢܣܬܐܢ

Derived terms

• ܨܝܢܝܐ (“Chinese”)
• ܨܝܢܐܝܬ (“Chinese language”)

Related terms

• ܛܐܝܘܐܢ (“Taiwan”)
• ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܨܝܢ (“Republic of China”)
• ܠܫܢܐ ܡܢܕܪܝܢܝܐ (“Mandarin”)
• ܠܫܢܐ ܩܢܛܘܢܝܐ (“Cantonese”)

References

• ܨܝܢ on syriacdictionary.net
• “syny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 478

Turoyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܝܢ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤin]

Proper noun

ܨܝܢ • (ṣin)

1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)

   Synonym: ܫ̰ܝܢ (čyn)