شاهین

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See also: شاہین and شاهين

Ottoman Turkish

شاهین

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شاهین (šâhin, falcon), itself from Middle Persian (*šāhēn, literally majestic, kingly).

Noun

شاهین (şahin) (definite accusative شاهینی (şahini), plural شاهینلر (şahinler))

  1. peregrine falcon, a medium-sized falcon of the species Falco peregrinus

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: şahin
  • Albanian: shahin
  • Greek: σαΐνι (saḯni)
  • Serbo-Croatian: šáhin / ша́хин

Further reading

Persian

Dari شاهین
Iranian Persian
Tajik шоҳин
شاهین
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian (*šāhēn, literally majestic, kingly) and the given name (šāhēn).[1] By surface analysis, شاه (šâh) +‎ ـین (-in).

Compare Middle Armenian շահէն (šahēn) and Old Armenian Շահէն (Šahēn).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šāhīn
Dari reading? šāhīn
Iranian reading? šâhin
Tajik reading? šohin

Noun

Dari شاهین
Iranian Persian
Tajik шоҳин

شاهین (šâhin) (plural شاهین‌ها (šâhin-hâ))

  1. falcon, especially the Barbary falcon
  2. pointer of a scale

Descendants

Proper noun

Dari شاهین
Iranian Persian
Tajik Шоҳин

شاهین (šâhin)

  1. a male given name, Shahin, Shaahin, or Shaheen, from Middle Persian.

Descendants

References

  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Šāhēn”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 274