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Jāina

See also: jaina, Jaina, and jäinä

Marshallese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

Jāina

  1. China

References edit

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