震旦

Chinese

forms

Definitions

(archaic) The name for China in ancient Indian records and some Buddhism

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चीनस्थान.

Origin

Sanskrit

चीनस्थान

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Τζίνιστα Ancient Greek
चीन Sanskrit
चीनस्थान Sanskrit
Չինաստան Armenian
չինք Armenian
Cina Indonesian
Cina Malay