चीन

Etymology

From Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːn/

Proper noun

चीन • (cīn) m (Urdu spelling چین‎)

1. China (a country in Asia)

Proper noun

चीन • (cīn), pronounced चिन् (cin)

1. China

Alternative forms

• चीण​ (cīṇa)

Etymology

Of uncertain etymology, but usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*Dzin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" at Wikipedia.

Noun

चीन • (cīna) m

1. the Chinese
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 10.44

     पौण्ड्रकाश्चौड्रद्रविडाः काम्बोजा यवनाः शकाः ।
     पारदापह्लवाश्चीनाः किराता दरदाः खशाः ॥

     pauṇḍrakāścauḍradraviḍāḥ kāmbojā yavanāḥ śakāḥ .
     pāradāpahlavāścīnāḥ kirātā daradāḥ khaśāḥ .

     the Paundrakas, the Kodas, the Dravidas, the Kambogas, the Yavanas, the Sakas,
     the Paradas, the Pahlavas, the Kinas, the Kiratas, and the Daradas.

   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 2.f, vf
   • c. 1000, Rāmāyaṇa 4.44.14
   • c. 200 CE, Lalitavistara Sūtra
   • c. 600 BCE – 200 BCE, Caraka
   • 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
2. a kind of deer
3. proso millet, Panicum miliaceum (also spelled चिन्न​ (cinna))
4. thread

Noun

चीन • (cīna) n

1. banner
2. a bandage for the corners of the eyes
   • c. 600 BCE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā 1.18.11
3. lead

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0399