šahin

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See also: şahin, and Şahin

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاهین (şahin), from Persian شاهین (šâhin), from Middle Persian. Akin to Šáhin and šahìndžija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃǎːxin/
  • Hyphenation: ša‧hin

Noun

šáhin m (Cyrillic spelling ша́хин)

  1. falcon (trained for hunting)

Declension

References

  • šahin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 578