Jeina

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• Jaina
• Jāina

Etymology

Borrowed from English China, from Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), probably from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tʲeinʲɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲejinʲæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {jȩyinah}

Derived terms

• ri-Jeina

Proper noun

Jeina

1. China

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary