# Shina

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A Dardic people.
2. Their language, sometimes regarded as multiple languages, which belong to the Dardic family.
3. A group of Dardic languages spoken in Northern Pakistan.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shina