What is "sini"

Sini may refer to:

• Saini, the grandfather of the Yadava warrior Satyaki in the Mahabharata
• Sini (name), a Finnish female given name
• Sini (kitchen equipment) Turkish kitchen equipment. Wide and hollow salver which is used for serving food traditionally as well as preparing food.
• Sini (OR), a town and commune in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy
• Sini (script), a form of Chinese Islamic calligraphy
• Sini, Afghanistan, a village in Afghanistan
• Sini, Jharkhand, a town in India
• Sini, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, a village in Iran
• Sini, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Iran
• Sini-ye Now, a village in Iran
• Sinai - the Egyptian peninsula in the Red Sea

Sini is an calligraphic style used in China for the Arabic script. It can refer to any type of Chinese Arabic calligraphy, but is commonly used to refer to one with thick and tapered effects such as seen in Chinese calligraphy. It is used extensively in mosques in eastern China, and to a lesser extent in Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi.

One famous Sini calligrapher is Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang.

Sini is a Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on the 2nd of September. In Finland, it began to be used in the 1930s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. As of 2012 there are over 9000 women with this name in Finland.