चीन

See also: चूना, चना, चीनी, चिनी, and चैन

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HindiEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːn/

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

Proper nounEdit

चीन • (cīn) m (Urdu spelling چین‏)

1. China (a country of Asia)

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NepaliEdit

Proper nounEdit

चीन • (cīn), pronounced चिन् (cin)

1. China

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SanskritEdit

EtymologyEdit

Of uncertain etymology, but usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*Dzin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" at Wikipedia.

Alternative formsEdit

• चीण​ (cīṇa)

NounEdit

चीन • (cīna) m

1. 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 Kambogas, the Yavanas, the Sakas,
     the Paradas, the Pahlavas, the Kinas, the Kiratas, and the Daradas.

   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 2.f, vf
   • c. 1000, Rāmāyaṇa 4.44.14
   • c. 200 CE, Lalitavistara Sūtra
   • c. 600 BCE – 200 BCE, Caraka
   • 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
2. a kind of deer
3. proso millet, Panicum miliaceum (also spelled चिन्न​ (cinna))
4. thread

DeclensionEdit

Masculine a-stem declension of चीन
Nom. sg.	चीनः (cīnaḥ)
Gen. sg.	चीनस्य (cīnasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चीनः (cīnaḥ)	चीनौ (cīnau)	चीनाः (cīnāḥ)
Vocative	चीन (cīna)	चीनौ (cīnau)	चीनाः (cīnāḥ)
Accusative	चीनम् (cīnam)	चीनौ (cīnau)	चीनान् (cīnān)
Instrumental	चीनेन (cīnena)	चीनाभ्याम् (cīnābhyām)	चीनैः (cīnaiḥ)
Dative	चीनाय (cīnāya)	चीनाभ्याम् (cīnābhyām)	चीनेभ्यः (cīnebhyaḥ)
Ablative	चीनात् (cīnāt)	चीनाभ्याम् (cīnābhyām)	चीनेभ्यः (cīnebhyaḥ)
Genitive	चीनस्य (cīnasya)	चीनयोः (cīnayoḥ)	चीनानाम् (cīnānām)
Locative	चीने (cīne)	चीनयोः (cīnayoḥ)	चीनेषु (cīneṣu)

Derived termsEdit

Usually held to be the source of:

• Arabic: اَلصِّين‏ (aṣ-ṣīn)
• Chinese: 支那 (Zhīnà); 震旦 (Zhèndàn)
• English: China
• Greek: Θιν (Thin); Θῖναι (Thînai)
• Japanese: 支那; シナ
• Latin: Sinae
• Telugu: చీనా (cīnā)

NounEdit

चीन • (cīna) n

1. banner
2. a bandage for the corners of the eyes
   • c. 600 BCE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā 1.18.11
3. lead

DeclensionEdit

Neuter a-stem declension of चीन
Nom. sg.	चीनम् (cīnam)
Gen. sg.	चीनस्य (cīnasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चीनम् (cīnam)	चीने (cīne)	चीनानि (cīnāni)
Vocative	चीन (cīna)	चीने (cīne)	चीनानि (cīnāni)
Accusative	चीनम् (cīnam)	चीने (cīne)	चीनानि (cīnāni)
Instrumental	चीनेन (cīnena)	चीनाभ्याम् (cīnābhyām)	चीनैः (cīnaiḥ)
Dative	चीना (cīnā)	चीनाभ्याम् (cīnābhyām)	चीनेभ्यः (cīnebhyaḥ)
Ablative	चीनात् (cīnāt)	चीनाभ्याम् (cīnābhyām)	चीनेभ्यः (cīnebhyaḥ)
Genitive	चीनस्य (cīnasya)	चीनयोः (cīnayoḥ)	चीनानाम् (cīnānām)
Locative	चीने (cīne)	चीनयोः (cīnayoḥ)	चीनेषु (cīneṣu)

ReferencesEdit

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0399