Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
shi-na
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Dardic people.

name

Their language, sometimes regarded as multiple languages, which belong to the Dardic family.

name

A group of Dardic languages spoken in Northern Pakistan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Shina ݜݨیاٗ (ṣiṇyaá), from Sanskrit श्रेण्यक (śreṇyaka), from श्रेण्य (śreṇya, “tribesman”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: श्रेण्यक

Inflected Forms

Sina (alternative)

Synonyms

Brokpa Shinaki shina language

Questions

What does shina mean?
A Dardic people.
Where does shina come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

How to pronounce shina

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