Τζίνιστα
Ancient Greek
proper noun
Definitions
- (geography) A land and people of East Asia usually identified as the southern Chinese.
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
- Θῖναι Ancient Greek
- Σῖναι Ancient Greek
- シナ Japanese
- 支那 Japanese
- चीन Sanskrit
- चीनस्थान 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
- 震旦 Chinese
- 𐭰𐭩𐭭 Middle Persian
- ja, 支那 Middle Chinese
- चीन Newari
- 秦 Old Chinese