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Hebrew
Etymology
From Late Latin Sīnae (“the southern Chinese”), from Ptolemy's Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai, “the southern Chinese”), of uncertain etymology but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “southern China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (ṣīn, “southern China; the southern Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
סִין • (sin) f
- China (a country in Asia)
Derived terms
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish sin, from Latin sine.
Pronunciation
Preposition
סין (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling sin)
- without
Antonyms