Thìn

See also: thin, þin, and þín

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 辰 (“fifth earthly branch”, SV: thần). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but Thìn's /-in/ is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely one /-ən/ in thần. See also Tí, Mẹo, Ngọ, Mùi.

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩦ, Lü ᦉᦲ (ṡii), Isan สี, Lao ສີ (sī), which /-n/ is lost.

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Proper noun

Thìn

  1. a unisex given name from Chinese
  2. Dragon (Chinese zodiac)

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