الصين

الصِّين (name)

Etymology: Etymology tree
Old Chinese 秦 (*zin)der.?
Sanskrit चीन (cīna)der.
Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn /⁠čīn⁠/)der.
Arabic الصين
From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn /⁠čīn⁠/, “China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “China”), itself usually derived from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). It is one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-). See “Names of China” at Wikipedia.

Meaning: 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); 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); Shambhala, an occulted land where particularly pious Druze are believed to dwell in their afterlife

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