eş: Volksrepublik China, Land der Morgenröte, Land des Lächelns, Reich der Mitte
köken: Possibly from Dutch China, from possibly Portuguese China, from Persian چین (čin, “China”), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).
köken: Perhaps lexicalization of the stem چیدن (čidan, “to gather up, to fold, to be put closer together”). Cognate with Khotanese tcāna-, meaning "wrinkle."
China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
çekim: çoğul çinlər · tamlayan çinin
köken: Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish چین (çın), from Proto-Turkic *čïn (“true, real”), presumably borrowed from Sinitic 眞 (MC tsyin, “true, real”). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (čïn, “true, real”); Tatar чын (çın), Kazakh шын (şyn), Uzbek chin, Khakas сын (sın), Tuvan шын (şın, “true, real”), etc.
aile: çincə, çindilli, çinli, Çin Xalq Respublikası
köken: Inherited from Chagatai خطای (xiṭāy /xïtay/, “China”); from Karakhanid خِتایْ (ḵitāy /xïtay/, “the Khitans; China”), from Old Uyghur 𐽲𐽶𐾀𐽰𐽶 (qytʾy /Ḳïtay/), from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 (q̊²it¹ń /qïtaň/, “the Khitans”).
China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
köken: From *Qïtay (“China”), transferred/reinterpreted from Old Turkic [script needed] (Qïtaǰ, “Khitan”); ultimately from Khitan self-denomination Khitan 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i) or 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún). Compare Middle Chinese 契丹 (khj+t tan, “Khitan”). Cognate with Kazakh Қытай (Qytai), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qıtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý (“China”).
China · short for 中華人民共和国 (Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku), the People's Republic of China
eş: 支那
köken: From Middle Chinese 中國 (MC trjuwng kwok, literally “central country”). Compare modern Cantonese 中國 /中国 (zung¹ gwok³). Attested from at least the 12th century.
China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
çekim: tamlayan kiinan
köken: Borrowed from Swedish Kina, itself through some European language from Persian چین (čin), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).
China (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)
köken: From Old Italian China, from Portuguese China (“China”), probably ultimately Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “the Chinese”).