чын

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate to Standard Mandarin 城 (chéng)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/

Noun

чын • (čɨn) (I)

  1. castle
  2. fortification
  3. city

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From *čïn (“true, real”), presumably borrowed from Sinitic 眞 (MC t͡ɕiɪn, “true, real”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (čïn, “true, real”); Tatar чын (çın), Kazakh шын (şyn), Uzbek chin, Khakas сын (sın), Tuvan шын (şın, “true, real”), etc.

Noun

чын • (çın)

  1. truth

Adjective

чын • (çın)

  1. true

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *čïn (“true, real”), presumably borrowed from Sinitic 眞 (MC t͡ɕiɪn, “true, real”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (čïn, “true, real”); Tatar чын (çın), Kazakh шын (şyn), Uzbek chin, Khakas сын (sın), Tuvan шын (şın, “true, real”), etc.

Noun

чын • (čïn)

  1. truth

Adjective

чын • (čïn)

  1. true

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “чын”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

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