চীন

Assamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit चीन (cīna). Compare Arabic الصين (as-Sin) which has the same pronunciation.

Proper noun

চীন • (sin)

  1. China (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)
  2. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
    Synonym: খেহদেশ (khehdex)

Declension

Inflection of চীন
absolutive চীন (sin)
ergative চীনে (sine)
accusative চীন / চীনক (sin / sinok)
genitive চীনৰ (sinor)
dative চীনলৈ (sinoloi)
instrumental চীনেৰে (sinere)
locative চীনত (sinot)

Accusative Note: -ক (-k) is used for animate sense. No case marking is used for inanimate sense.
Dative Note 1: In some dialects its variant -লে (-le) is used instead.
Dative Note 2: In some dialects the locative marking -ত (-t) or the accusative marking -ক (-k) is used instead.
Instrumental Note: In some dialects -দি (-di) marks this case instead of -ৰে (-re).

See also

countries in Asia: এছিয়া মহাদেশৰ দেশবিলাক (esia mohadexor dexbilak) (appendix)edit

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit চীন (cīna).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃin/, [ˈt͡ʃin]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕin/, [ˈtɕiːn], [ˈtɕin]

Proper noun

চীন • (cin)

  1. China (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)
  2. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)

Sanskrit

Proper noun

চীন • (cīna) stemn

  1. Bengali script form of चीन