صيني

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of الصِّين‎ (aṣ-ṣīn, “China, the Chinese”) +‎ ـِيّ‎ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤiː.nijj/

Adjective

صِينِيّ • (ṣīniyy) (feminine صِينِيَّة‎ (ṣīniyya), masculine plural صِينِيُّون‎ (ṣīniyyūn), feminine plural صِينِيَّات‎ (ṣīniyyāt))

  1. Chinese
    ‏ثَقَافَة صِينِيَّة‎
    ṯaqāfa(t) ṣīniyya
    Chinese culture

Declension

Noun

صِينِيّ • (ṣīniyy) m, plural صِينِيُّون‎ (ṣīniyyūn), feminine صِينِيَّة‎ (ṣīniyya)

  1. Chinese person

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “صين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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