شاهين

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See also: شاهین and شاہین

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian (šhyn' /⁠šāhēn⁠/, falcon, literally kingly, majestic).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَاهِين (šāhīnm (plural شَوَاهِين (šawāhīn))

  1. Indian falcon, especially the peregrine falcon
    • 2011, إيلين نور منسي, موسوعة عالم المعرفة, Academia International, →ISBN, page 93:
      يستطيع الشاهين أن ينقضّ بسرعة خاطفة تبلغ 360 كلم/سا. والمعروف أن أسرع مخلوق على اليابسة هو الفهد الصيّاد، وفي الماء سمك الكوْسج، إذ تبلغ سرعة كل منهما 110 كلم/سا.
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  2. pointer, needle of a balance scale

Declension

Proper noun

شَاهِين (šāhīn?

  1. a surname, Shahin or Chahine

References

  • Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften (in German), volume 2, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, pages 587–588
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شاهين”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 462a