סין
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin Sīnae (“the southern Chinese”), from Ptolemy's Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai, “the southern Chinese”), of uncertain etymology but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “southern China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (ṣīn, “southern China; the southern Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
סִין • (sin) f
Derived terms edit
- חַרְסִינָה (kharsína)
- סִינִי (sini, “Chinese”)
- סִינִית (sinit, “Chinese”)
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
From Old Spanish sin, from Latin sine.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
סין (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling sin)