چین

See also: حين, خين, جئن, جین, and خین

Central Kurdish

Proper noun
Northern Kurdish Çîn
Central Kurdish چین (çîn)

چین (çîn)

  1. China (a country in Asia)

Khalaj

Noun

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

  1. Arabic spelling of çîin (“shoulder”)

Declension
Declension of چین
singular plural
nominative چین چینلَر
genitive چینۆݧ چینلَریݧ
dative چینکه چینلَرکه
definite accusative چینۆ چینلَری
locative چینچه چینلَرچه
ablative چینده چینلَرده
instrumental چینله چینلَرله
equative چینوارا چینلَروارا

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 真 (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),0 Tuvan шын (şın, “true, real”), Yakut дьиҥ (jiñ).

Adjective

چین (çin)

  1. true, real, accurate.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian چین (čīn, “China”).

Proper noun

چین (Çin)

  1. China (a country in Asia)

Persian

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰin]

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

چین • (čin) (plural چین‌ها (čin-hâ))

  1. wrinkle
  2. crease
  3. fold

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun
Dari چین
Iranian Persian
Tajik Чин, Хитой

چین • (čin)

  1. China (a country in Asia)
    جمهوری چین ― jomhuri-ye čin ― the Republic of China
    جمهوری خلق چین ― jomhuri-ye xalq-e čin ― the People's Republic of China
  2. (obsolete) East Turkestan

Urdu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛːn/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛːn

Noun

چَین • (cain) m (Hindi spelling चैन)

  1. comfort, tranquility, at rest, quiet, peace
    Synonyms: امن (amn), سکون (sukūn), آرام (ārām)
Declension
Declension of چین
singular plural
direct چین (chain) چین (chain)
oblique چین (chain) چینوں (chainō̃)
vocative چین (chain) چینو (chainō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English chain.

Pronunciation 1

Noun

چین • (cen) f (Hindi spelling चेन)

  1. a golden chain (a piece of jewellery)
  2. (literally) chain
    Synonym: زنجیر (zanjīr)
Declension
Declension of چین
singular plural
direct چین (chen) چینیں (chenẽ)
oblique چین (chen) چینوں (chenõ)
vocative چین (chen) چینو (cheno)

Pronunciation 2

Etymology 3

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

Proper noun

چِین • (cīn) m (Hindi spelling चीन)

  1. China (a country in Asia)
  2. Sino-
    پاک چین سرحد ― pāk cīn sarḥad ― Sino-Pak border
  3. CHN, China (ISO)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Classical Persian چین (čīn, “wrinkle”).

Noun

چِین • (cīn) m (Hindi spelling चीन)

  1. frown, pucker, wrinkle
Declension
Declension of چین
singular plural
direct چین (cīn) چین (cīn)
oblique چین (cīn) چینوں (cīnō̃)
vocative چین (cīn) چینو (cīnō)

References
  • “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

Adverb

چین (čīn)

  1. now, right now
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