Jāina

See also: jaina, Jaina, and jäinä

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed 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
  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲæinʲɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲæjinʲæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jayinah}

Derived terms

Proper noun

Jāina

  1. China

References
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