Words that come from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭

94 words across 22 languages descend from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 — including China, Chinese, china, Chinaman, Chinatown, Indochina, Indochinese, Chink.

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English (26)

Finnish (17)

French (15)

German (5)

Swedish (3)

Hungarian (3)

Yiddish (3)

Polish (2)

Korean (2)

Malay (2)

Portuguese (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Norman (2)

Persian (2)

Catalan (1)

Maori (1)

Zulu (1)

Indonesian (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Telugu (1)

Italian (1)