Jāina

See also: jaina, Jaina, and jäinä

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• Jaina
• Jeina

Etymology

Borrowed from English China, from Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), probably from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tʲæinʲɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲæjinʲæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {jayinah}

Derived terms

• ri-Jāina

Proper noun

Jāina

1. China

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary