чын

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cin"

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate to Standard Mandarin 城 (chéng)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/

Noun

чын • (čɨn) (I)

1. castle
2. fortification
3. city

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From *čïn (“true, real”), presumably borrowed from Sinitic 眞 (MC tsyin, “true, real”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (čïn, “true, real”); Tatar чын (çın), Kazakh шын (şyn), Uzbek chin, Khakas сын (sın), Tuvan шын (şın, “true, real”), etc.

Noun

чын • (cın) (Arabic spelling چىن)

1. truth

Adjective

чын • (cın)

1. true

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *čïn (“true, real”), presumably borrowed from Sinitic 眞 (MC tsyin, “true, real”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (čïn, “true, real”); Tatar чын (çın), Kazakh шын (şyn), Uzbek chin, Khakas сын (sın), Tuvan шын (şın, “true, real”), etc.

Noun

чын • (čïn)

1. truth

Adjective

чын • (čïn)

1. true

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “чын”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN