الصين

From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “China”), itself usually derived from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-). See “Names of China” at Wikipedia.

• IPA^(key): /asˤ.sˤiːn/

الصِّين • (aṣ-ṣīn) f

1. China (a region and country in East Asia)
2. (Druze faith) Shambhala, an occulted land where particularly pious Druze are believed to dwell in their afterlife

• صِينِيّ (ṣīniyy)
• صِينِيَّة (ṣīniyya)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic الصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn).

• IPA^(key): /sˤsˤiːn/, [(ɪ)sˤˈsˤiːn]

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الصين • (iṣ-ṣīn) f

1. China (a country in Asia)

• صيني (ṣīni, “Chinese”)