See also: حين, خين, جئن, جین, and خین

Central Kurdish edit

Proper noun edit

Northern KurdishÇîn
Central Kurdishچین (çîn)

چین (çîn)

  1. China (a country in Asia)

Khalaj edit

Noun edit

چین (çîin) (definite accusative چینی, plural چینلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of çîin (shoulder)

Declension edit

Old Anatolian Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Middle Chinese (t͡ɕiɪn, true; real). Compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (čïn, true, real),Azerbaijani çin,Bashkir ысын (ısın),Tatar чын (çın),Kazakh шын (şyn),Uzbek chin,Khakas сын (sın),0Tuvan шын (şın, true, real),Yakut дьиҥ (jiñ).

Adjective edit

چین (çin)

  1. true, real, accurate.

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian چین (čīn, China).

Proper noun edit

چین (Çin)

  1. China (a country in Asia)

Persian edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading?čīn
Dari reading?čīn
Iranian reading?čin
Tajik reading?čin

Etymology 1 edit

Perhaps lexicalization of the stem چیدن (čidan, to gather up, to fold, to be put closer together). Cognate with Khotanese tcāna-, meaning "wrinkle."

Noun edit

چین (čin) (plural چین‌ها (čin-hâ))

  1. wrinkle
  2. crease
  3. fold
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Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, China), likely from Gandhari 𐨕𐨁𐨣 (cina), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna), likely from Old Chinese (OC *zin).

Proper noun edit

Dariچین
Iranian Persian
TajikЧин, Хитой

چین (čin)

  1. China (a country in Asia)
    جمهوری چینjomhuri-ye činthe Republic of China
    جمهوری خلق چینjomhuri-ye xalq-e činthe People's Republic of China
  2. (obsolete) East Turkestan
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Urdu edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti). Doublet of شانتی (śānti).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

چَین (cainm (Hindi spelling चैन)

  1. comfort, tranquility, at rest, quiet, peace
    Synonyms: امن (amn), سکون (sukūn), آرام (ārām)
Declension edit
Declension of چین
singularplural
directچین (chain)چین (chain)
obliqueچین (chain)چینوں (chainō̃)
vocativeچین (chain)چینو (chainō)

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English chain.

Pronunciation 1 edit

Noun edit

چین (cenf (Hindi spelling चेन)

  1. a golden chain (a piece of jewellery)
  2. (literally) chain
    Synonym: زنجیر (zanjīr)
Declension edit
Declension of چین
singularplural
directچین (chen)چینیں (chenẽ)
obliqueچین (chen)چینوں (chenõ)
vocativeچین (chen)چینو (cheno)

Pronunciation 2 edit

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit चीन (cīna). Possibly influenced by Classical Persian چین (čīn, China).

Proper noun edit

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چِین (cīnm (Hindi spelling चीन)

  1. China (a country in Asia)
  2. Sino-
    پاک چین سرحدpāk cīn sarḥadSino-Pak border
  3. CHN, China (ISO)

Etymology 4 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian چین (čīn, wrinkle).

Noun edit

چِین (cīnm (Hindi spelling चीन)

  1. frown, pucker, wrinkle
Declension edit
Declension of چین
singularplural
directچین (cīn)چین (cīn)
obliqueچین (cīn)چینوں (cīnō̃)
vocativeچین (cīn)چینو (cīnō)

References edit

  • چین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo edit

Adverb edit

چین (čīn)

  1. now, right now