šíin

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Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit šअयन (šayana, “lying down, bed (neut)”).

Pronunciation

Noun

šíin m (Perso-Arabic spelling شِین)

  1. bed (charpoy, string bed)

Inflection

a-decl (Obl, pl): -a

Alternative forms

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “šíin”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “šíin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Umatilla

Pronoun

šíin

  1. associative dual of šín (“who?, whoever”)

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