Cina
Indonesian
[ˈt͡ʃi.na]
proper noun
Definitions
- (now) China (the country)
- (now) Chinese (language)
- (pejorative) Chink, Chinaman Chinese person
Etymology
Inherited from Malay Cina derived from Sanskrit चीन (China, southern China, Chinese, lead) 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
- China English
- Chinaboy English
- Chinadom English
- Chinagate English
- Chinaman English
- Chinamania English
- Chinatown English
- Chinese English
- Indochina English
- Red China English
- Sinese English
- chinaberry English
- chinaroot English
- sinologue English
- Sinae Latin
- Cina Italian
- Θῖνα Ancient Greek
- Θῖναι Ancient Greek
- Σῖναι Ancient Greek
- Τζίνιστα Ancient Greek
- シナ Japanese
- 支那 Japanese
- 支那人 Japanese
- 支那蕎麦 Japanese
- 支那薄色海豚 Japanese
- 支那語 Japanese
- 支那通 Japanese
- चीन Sanskrit
- चीनस्थान Sanskrit
- اَلصِّين Arabic
- صِين Arabic
- चाइना Hindi
- चीन Hindi
- China Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- چینی Persian
- China Indonesian
- Ķīna Latvian
- Cina Malay
- চীন Assamese
- 支那 Chinese
- 脂那 Chinese
- 至那 Chinese
- 震旦 Chinese
- iShayina Zulu
- Jaina Marshallese
- Jeina Marshallese
- Jāina Marshallese
- 𐭰𐭩𐭭 Middle Persian
- Saina Tok Pisin
- Haina Maori
- ja, 支那 Middle Chinese
- चीन Newari
- 秦 Old Chinese