صيني

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤiː.nijj/

Adjective

صِينِيّ • (ṣīniyy) (feminine صِينِيَّة (ṣīniyya), masculine plural صِينِيُّونَ (ṣīniyyūna), 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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