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Dungan
Etymology
Cognate to Standard Mandarin 城 (chéng)
Pronunciation
Noun
чын • (čɨn) (I)
- castle
- fortification
- city
Kyrgyz
Etymology
From *čïn (“true, real”), presumably borrowed from
Sinitic 眞 (MC tsyin, “true, real”).
Cognate with
Old Uyghur (čïn, “true, real”);
Tatar чын (çın),
Kazakh шын (şyn),
Uzbek chin,
Khakas сын (sın),
Tuvan шын (şın, “true, real”), etc.
Noun
чын • (cın) (Arabic spelling چىن)
- truth
Adjective
чын • (cın)
- true
Southern Altai
Etymology
From *čïn (“true, real”), presumably borrowed from
Sinitic 眞 (MC tsyin, “true, real”).
Cognate with
Old Uyghur (čïn, “true, real”);
Tatar чын (çın),
Kazakh шын (şyn),
Uzbek chin,
Khakas сын (sın),
Tuvan шын (şın, “true, real”), etc.
Noun
чын • (čïn)
- truth
Adjective
чын • (čïn)
- true
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “чын”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN