Ķīna
Latvian
proper noun
Definitions
- China (country in Far East)
- China the region in Far East Asia that comprises the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan), also, this region throughout history
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- Θῖνα Ancient Greek
- Θῖναι 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
- ķīniete Latvian
- ķīnietis Latvian
- ķīnisks 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