Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sèɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cin • ALA-LC: cinʻ • BGN/PCGN: sein • Okell: seiñ

Etymology 1 edit

 
စိန် (diamond)

From Pali vajira (diamond).

Noun edit

စိန် (cin)

  1. (mineralogy) diamond (gemstone)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Shan: ၸိင်ႇ (tsìng)

Proper noun edit

စိန် (cin)

  1. a unisex given name

Etymology 2 edit

 
စိန် (arsenic)

Possibly from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, lead) or Pali cīna (lead).

Noun edit

စိန် (cin)

  1. arsenic (chemical element)
  2. (archaic) lead
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Mon edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Myanmar, Thailand) IPA(key): /cin/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

စိန် (cin)

  1. to be cooked, to boil, to be healed.
    သရပ္ဍဲတဲမၞဒဟွံစိန်ဏီပုဟ်ဟာ။
    sara pḍoatoa mnada hwaṃcinṇiṃ puhhā.
    Has the sore on your hand not healed yet?
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Pali cīna via Burmese စိန် (cin).

Noun edit

စိန် (cin)

  1. arsenic

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