Θῖναι
Ancient Greek
proper noun
Definitions
- (culture) : A people of East Asia usually identified as the southern Chinese; their homeland, China; their chief city.
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit चीन (China, southern China, Chinese, lead) derived from Arabic اَلصِّين (China, 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
- Θῖνα Ancient Greek
- Σῖναι Ancient Greek
- Τζίνιστα Ancient Greek
- シナ Japanese
- 支那 Japanese
- चीन Sanskrit
- اَلصِّين Arabic
- صِين Arabic
- चीन Hindi
- China Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Ķīna Latvian
- Cina Malay
- চীন Assamese
- 支那 Chinese
- 脂那 Chinese
- 至那 Chinese
- 𐭰𐭩𐭭 Middle Persian
- ja, 支那 Middle Chinese
- चीन Newari
- 秦 Old Chinese