Jāina

See also: jaina, Jaina, and jäinä

Marshallese

Synonyms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • MED phonemes: {jayinah}
  • IPA(key): /tʲajɨnʲaɰ/, [tʲæinʲæ͡ɑɑ̯]

Proper noun

Jāina

  1. China

References

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