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Is Mongolian "шинэ" / "ᠰᠢᠨᠠ", meaning "new", a borrowing of Chinese "新"?
I've noticed that the Mongolian word for "new" is "шинэ" (or in traditional script, "ᠰᠢᠨᠠ"). Since final vowels are not pronouned it's spoken as "shin".
The Han character for "new", "新" is also ...
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