šíin

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit šअयन (šayana, “lying down, bed (neut)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕíin/

Noun

šíin m (Perso-Arabic spelling شِین)

1. bed (charpoy, string bed)

Inflection

a-decl (Obl, pl): -a

Alternative forms

• šéen (Biori)

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “šíin”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “šíin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Umatilla

Pronoun

šíin

1. associative dual of šín (“who?, whoever”)

References

• Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 2014-2020. Umatilla Language Online Dictionary