Sin

Transliteration of Akkadian ^DSîn or ^DSu'en.

Sin

1. (Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian mythology) The god of the moon.

   Synonyms: (Sumerian equivalent) Nanna, Nanna-Suen, Suen

From Cantonese 單／单 (sin6) or 冼 (sin2).

Sin

1. A surname from Chinese.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sin is the 8797^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3725 individuals. Sin is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (89.58%) individuals.

From Hebrew סִין.

Sin

1. A desert mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, situated between Elim and Mount Sinai.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 16:1:

     And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

• INS, Ins, Ins., NIS, NSI, Niš, in's, ins, ins., nis

Borrowed from Arabic الصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn).

• IPA^(key): /sín/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sɪ́ŋ]

Sin f

1. China (a country in Asia)

Borrowed from Hokkien 辛 (Sin).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin/, [ˈsin]

Sin (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien, most associated with former Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Sin

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sin is the 6,496^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 2,191 individuals.