صيني

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of الصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn, China, the Chinese) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁiː.nijj/

Adjective

صِينِيّ (ṣīniyy) m, feminine صِينِيَّة (ṣīniyya), masculine plural صِينِيُّون (ṣīniyyūn), feminine plural صِينِيَّات (ṣīniyyāt)

  1. Chinese
    ثَقَافَة صِينِيَّة
    ṯaqāfa(t) ṣīniyya
    Chinese culture

Declension

Noun

صِينِيّ (ṣīniyy) m, plural صِينِيُّون (ṣīniyyūn), feminine صِينِيَّة (ṣīniyya)

  1. Chinese person

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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