סין

Hebrew

Etymology

From Late Latin Sīnae (“the southern Chinese”), from Ptolemy's Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai, “the southern Chinese”), of uncertain etymology but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “southern China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (ṣīn, “southern China; the southern Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

סִין • (sin) f

1. China (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

• חַרְסִינָה (kharsína)
• סִינִי (sini, “Chinese”)
• סִינִית (sinit, “Chinese”)

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish sin, from Latin sine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/

Preposition

סין (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling sin)

1. without

Antonyms

• קון