Jaina

See also: jaina, Jāina, and jäinä

Marshallese

Synonyms

Etymology

From English China, from Persian چینی‎ (čīnī, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین‎ (čīn, “China”) and the suffix ـی‎ (-ī), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭‎ (čīn, “China”), probably from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

Pronunciation

  • MED phonemes: {jahyinah}
  • IPA(key): /tʲaɰjɨnʲaɰ/, [tʲæ͡ɑɑ̯i̯inʲæ͡ɑɑ̯]

Proper noun

Jaina

  1. China

References

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