China
German (Berlin)
/ˈçiːna/, /ˈkiːna/
proper noun
Definitions
- China (country in eastern Asia)
Etymology
Derived from Persian چینی (porcelain, Chinese, chinaware, Chinese porcelain) derived from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (China) derived from Sanskrit चीन (China, southern China, Chinese, lead).
Origin
Sanskrit
चीन
Gloss
China, southern China, Chinese, lead
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- China English
- Chinakohl German
- Chinese German
- Chinesin German
- Kohl German
- Nord German
- Nordchina German
- chinakritisch German
- kritisch German
- Chine French
- Θῖνα Ancient Greek
- Θῖναι Ancient Greek
- Σῖναι Ancient Greek
- Τζίνιστα Ancient Greek
- シナ Japanese
- 支那 Japanese
- Chiny Polish
- chinol Polish
- चीन Sanskrit
- الصين Arabic
- اَلصِّين Arabic
- صِين Arabic
- चीन Hindi
- China Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- چین Persian
- چینی Persian
- Ķīna Latvian
- Chaenne Norman
- Chinne Norman
- Chène Norman
- Cina Malay
- כינע Yiddish
- כינעזיש Yiddish
- چینی Ottoman Turkish
- চীন Assamese
- 支那 Chinese
- 脂那 Chinese
- 至那 Chinese
- 𐭰𐭩𐭭 Middle Persian
- ja, 支那 Middle Chinese
- चीन Newari
- 秦 Old Chinese