Chine
French
proper noun
Definitions
- China (country in 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
- chinois English
- China German
- Chinois French
- Indochine French
- Indochinois French
- antichinois French
- champignon chinois French
- chinois French
- chinoiser French
- chinoiserie French
- indochinois French
- macaroni chinois French
- prochinois French
- pâté chinois French
- ravioli chinois French
- saucisse chinoise French
- Θῖνα Ancient Greek
- Θῖναι Ancient Greek
- Σῖναι Ancient Greek
- Τζίνιστα Ancient Greek
- シナ Japanese
- 支那 Japanese
- 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
- 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