ސީނު

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺iː.n̪u/, [s̺iː.n̪u]
• Hyphenation: ސީ‧ނު

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سِين (sīn)

Noun

ސީނު • (sīnu)

1. Name of the seventeenth letter in the Thaana alphabet (ސ)

Synonyms

• ސަވިޔަނި (saviyani)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic صِين (ṣīn), via Persian

Noun

ސީނު • (sīnu) (plural ސީނުތައް (sīnutak̊))

1. China (a country in East Asia)

Adjective

ސީނު • (sīnu) 

1. Chinese

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސީނު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 222