Used for Chinese, and any profound student of that language and its literature. “S” is the invariable equivalent for “ch” in Semitic languages.
Sinaitic.
Epigraphic: name for certain inscriptions at and near Wady-Mukatteb, or “written valley,” in the peninsula of Sinai.
The language of these inscriptions is Arabic, with a slight Aramaic influence. The character is peculiar, but allied to the Aramaic, the Palmyrene, and the modern Arabic. The view of the inscriptions taken by the Rev. C. Forster (“Voice of Israel,” London, 1860) is not generally endorsed by Semitic scholars, who assign the inscriptions to a time a little earlier and a little later than our era. See Beer: “Inscriptiones veteres ad Montem Sinai servatæ,” Leipzig, 1840-3. Also “Zeitschrift d. Deutsch. Morgenländ. Gesellschaft,” 1849, pp. 129-215. G. R.
Sind.
One of the multitudinous names for Gipsy, probably = “dark”; but Sindh means “sea, ocean, water.” Hence applied to the Indus (Sindus) river.
Sindhi.
Indian: dialect of Hindi spoken in Scinde. Two alphabets are in use—viz., the Arabic and the Gurmukhi. Dicty. by Stack, Bombay, 1849-55; Grammar, 1849.
Sindonga.
African: allied to Otyiherero.