चीन

Borrowed from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːn/, [t͡ʃĩːn̪]

चीन • (cīn) m (Urdu spelling چین‎)

1. China (a country in Asia)

Borrowed from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕin/, [t͡ɕiːn]

चीन • (cīn) n

1. China (a country in Asia)

• चीनी (cīnī, “Chinese language”)

• (countries of Asia) आशियातील देश (āśiyātīl deś); अझरबैजान (aj̈harbaijān), अफगाणिस्तान (aphgāṇistān), आर्मेनिया (ārmeniyā), इजिप्त (ijipta), इंडोनेशिया (iṇḍoneśiyā), इराक (irāk), इराण (irāṇ), इस्रायल (isrāyal), उझबेकिस्तान (uj̈hbekistān), उत्तर कोरिया (uttar koriyā), ओमान (omān), कंबोडिया (kamboḍiyā), कझाकस्तान (kaj̈hākastān), कतार (katār), किर्गिझस्तान (kirgij̈hstān), कुवेत (kuvet), चीन (cīn), जॉर्डन (jŏrḍan), जपान (japān), ताजिकिस्तान (tājikistān), तुर्की (turkī), तुर्कमेनिस्तान (turkamenistān), थायलंड (thāylaṇḍa), दक्षिण कोरिया (dakṣiṇ koriyā), नेपाळ (nepāḷ), पाकिस्तान (pākistān), पूर्व तिमोर (pūrva timor), फिलीपाईन्स (philīpāīnsa), बहरैन (bahrain), बांगलादेश (bāṅglādeś), ब्रुनेई (bruneī), भारत (bhārat), भूतान (bhūtān), मलेशिया (maleśiyā), मंगोलिया (maṅgoliyā), मालदीव (māldīv), म्यानमार (myānmār), येमेन (yemen), रशिया (raśiyā), लाओस (lāos), लेबनॉन (lebnŏn), व्हियेतनाम (vhiyetnām), श्रीलंका (śrīlaṅkā), संयुक्त अरब अमिराती (saiyukta arab amirātī), सायप्रस (sāyapras), सिंगापूर (siṅgāpūr), सीरिया (sīriyā), सौदी अरेबिया (saudī arebiyā)

• Berntsen, Maxine, “चीन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

• IPA^(key): [t͡sin]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चिन्

चीन • (cīn)

1. China

Ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna)

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiːnə]

चीन • (cīna) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐔𑐷𑐣)

1. China

• चीण (cīṇa)

Uncertain, but usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin) (sm Qín, mc d͡ziɪn, oc *zin, "Qin"), the westernmost ancient Chinese state.[1][2][3] Other theories have been proposed, including derivation from 晉／晋 (jìn) (sm Jìn, mc t͡siɪn, oc *ʔsins, "Jin"), another important ancient state;[4] 荊／荆 (jīng) (sm Jīng, mc kˠiæŋ, oc *keŋ, "Chu"), the southernmost ancient Chinese state;[5] or Zina, the endonym of the people of the Yelang kingdom.[5] See "Names of China" and "Chinas" at Wikipedia.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕiː.n̪ɐ/

चीन • (cīna) m

1. the Cīna or China (name of a people attested in classical literature, often identified as the Chinese)
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 10.44:

     पौण्ड्रकाश्चौड्रद्रविडाः काम्बोजा यवनाः शकाः ।
     पारदापह्लवाश्चीनाः किराता दरदाः खशाः ॥

     pauṇḍrakāścauḍradraviḍāḥ kāmbojā yavanāḥ śakāḥ .
     pāradāpahlavāścīnāḥ kirātā daradāḥ khaśāḥ .

     the Paundrakas, the Kodas, the Dravidas, the Kambojas, the Yavanas, the Sakas,
     the Paradas, the Pahlavas, the Cinas, the Kiratas, the Daradas, and the Khasas.

   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 5.19.15:

     तस्य चीनैः किरातैश्च काञ्चनैरिव संवृतम् ।
     बभौ बलमनाधृष्यं कर्णिकारवनं यथा ॥

     tasya cīnaiḥ kirātaiśca kāñcanairiva saṃvṛtam .
     babhau balamanādhṛṣyaṃ karṇikāravanaṃ yathā .

     Thronged with the Cīnas and the Kirātas, all as if (clad in) gold,
     His unassailable army radiated (a splendour) like a forest of bayur trees.

   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 4.44.14
   • c. 200 CE, Lalitavistara Sūtra
   • c. 600 BCE – 200 BCE, Caraka
   • 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā

• Niya Prakrit: 𐨕𐨁𐨣‎ (cina), 𐨕𐨁𐨎𐨣‎ (ciṃna)
• → Middle Persian: 𐭰𐭩𐭭‎ (čīn)
  • Persian: چین‎ (čin)
    • Portuguese: China
      • English: China
• → Middle Chinese: 支那 (MC t͡ɕiᴇ nɑ)
  • Chinese: 支那 (Zhīnà)
  • → Japanese: 支那 (しな, shina)
  • → Korean: 지나 (jina)
  • → Vietnamese: Chi Na
• → Malay: Cina
  • Indonesian: Cina

Usually held to be the source of:

• Arabic: اَلصِّين‎ (aṣ-ṣīn)
• English: China
• Ancient Greek: Θῖνα (Thîna); Θῖναι (Thînai)
• Latin: Sinae
• Telugu: చీనా (cīnā)

चीन • (cīna) n

1. a bandage for the corners of the eyes
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā 1.18.11

• Monier Williams (1899), “चीन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0399.