الصين
Meaning
- China (a region and country in East Asia)
- Shambhala, an occulted land where particularly pious Druze are believed to dwell in their afterlife
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/asˤ.sˤiːn/
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “China”), itself usually derived from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-). See “Names of China” at Wikipedia.
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