Sín
Irish (Donegal)
proper noun
Definitions
- China
Etymology
Derived from Latin Sīnae (China, the Chinese people) derived from Ancient Greek Σῖναι (the southern Chinese) derived from Sanskrit चीन (China, southern China, Chinese, lead) derived from Arabic صِين (southern China, the southern Chinese, China the Chinese) derived from Old Chinese 秦 (Qin, w).
Origin
Old Chinese
秦
Gloss
Qin, w
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sino- English
- Sina Latin
- Sinae Latin
- Sinensis Latin
- Sīnae Latin
- Θῖνα Ancient Greek
- Θῖναι Ancient Greek
- Σῖναι Ancient Greek
- Τζίνιστα Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- シナ Japanese
- 支那 Japanese
- चीन Sanskrit
- Síneach Irish
- Sínis Irish
- اَلصِّين Arabic
- صِين Arabic
- चीन Hindi
- China Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Ķīna Latvian
- Cina Malay
- סין Hebrew (modern)
- চীন Assamese
- 支那 Chinese
- 脂那 Chinese
- 至那 Chinese
- 𐭰𐭩𐭭 Middle Persian
- ja, 支那 Middle Chinese
- चीन Newari
- 秦 Old Chinese