ܟܝܢܐ

From Aramaic כְּיָנָא (kəyānā); cognate to Arabic كِيَان (kiyān).

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ܟܝܵܢܵܐ • (kyānā) m sg (plural ܟܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (kyānē))

1. nature, instinct
2. essence, substance, form
3. (Christianity, theology) nature, physis

   Coordinate terms: ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ (parṣōpā), ܩܢܘܿܡܵܐ (qnōmā)

ܟܝܵܢܵܐ • (kyānā) f

1. a female given name

Borrowed from Persian چین (čin, “China”), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn), from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna), itself derived from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).

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ܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐ • (čīnā) f

1. Alternative form of ܨܝܼܢܵܐ (ṣīnā)

Although ܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐ (čīnā) is the most common form in the spoken language, there is a push for ܨܝܼܢܵܐ (ṣīnā) to be used more often, especially in writing. Due to it being ambiguous with ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā, “nature”) in unvocalised writing.

• ܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (čīnāyā, “Chinese”)
• ܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬ (čīnāˀīt, “Chinese language”)

From the root ܟ ܘ ܢ related to existing; compare Arabic كِيَان (kiyān).

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ܟܝܢܐ • (kəyānā) m (plural ܟܝܢܐ (kəyānē))

1. nature, instinct
2. essence, substance, form
3. (Christianity, theology) nature, physis
4. procreation
5. (euphemistic, anatomy) genitalia, sex organs, private parts

• (physis): ܦܪܨܘܦܐ (parṣōp̄ā), ܩܢܘܡܐ (qənōmā)

• “kyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 153a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 213a–b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 619b