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
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