shahin
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English
Noun
shahin (plural shahins)
- The shaheen falcon
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاهین (şahin, “peregrine falcon”), from Classical Persian شاهین (šāhīn, “royal white falcon”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
shahin m (definite shahini) (Tosk)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | shahin | shahini | shahinë | shahinët |
| accusative | shahinin | |||
| dative | shahini | shahinit | shahinëve | shahinëve |
| ablative | shahinësh | |||
References
Further reading
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “shahín”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362
- Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 55