चीन

From Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːn/

चीन • (cīn) m (Urdu spelling چین‎)

1. China (a country in Asia)

चीन • (cīn), pronounced चिन् (cin)

1. China

Ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna)

चीन (cīna)

1. China

• चीण​ (cīṇa)

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

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

Usually held to be the source of:

• Arabic: اَلصِّين‎ (aṣ-ṣīn)
• Chinese: 支那 (Zhīnà); 震旦 (Zhèndàn)
• English: China
• Greek: Θῖνα (Thîna); Θῖναι (Thînai)
• Japanese: 支那; シナ
• Latin: Sinae
• Telugu: చీనా (cīnā)

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

• Monier Williams (1899), “चीन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0399.