شاهین
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شاهین (šāhīn, “falcon”), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (*šāhēn, literally “majestic, kingly”).
Noun
شاهین • (şahin) (definite accusative شاهینی (şahini), plural شاهینلر (şahinler))
- peregrine falcon, a medium-sized falcon of the species Falco peregrinus
Declension
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Derived terms
- اوسكوفلو شاهین (üsküflü şahin, “hooded falcon”)
- ترازو شاهینی (terazi şahini, “tongue of a balance”)
- شاهین باقیشلو (şahin bakışlı, “with piercing eyes”)
- شاهینجی (şahinci, “falconer”)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “شاهین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 136
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “şahin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4414
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “شاهین”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 284a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “شاهین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 718
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Falco”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 546
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “شاهین”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 2763
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “şahin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شاهین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1113
Persian
| Dari | شاهین |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | шоҳин |
Alternative forms
- شهین (šahin) (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (*šāhēn, literally “majestic, kingly”) and the given name [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (šāhēn).[1] By surface analysis, شاه (šâh) + ـین (-in).
Compare Middle Armenian շահէն (šahēn) and Old Armenian Շահէն (Šahēn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʃaː.ˈhiːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɑː.ɦíːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɒː.ɦíːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɔ.ɦín]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šāhīn |
| Dari reading? | šāhīn |
| Iranian reading? | šâhin |
| Tajik reading? | šohin |
Noun
| Dari | شاهین |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | шоҳин |
شاهین • (šâhin) (plural شاهینها)
- falcon, especially Barbary falcon (Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides)
- pointer of a scale
Descendants
- → Arabic: شَاهِين (šāhīn)
- → Bengali: শাহীন (śahin)
- → Gujarati: શાહીન (śāhīn)
- → Hindustani:
- → Middle Armenian: շահին (šahin)
- → Ottoman Turkish: شاهین (şâhîn)
- → Russian: шахин (šaxin)
Proper noun
| Dari | شاهین |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Шоҳин |
شاهین • (šâhin)
- a male given name, Shahin, Shaahin, or Shaheen, from Middle Persian
Descendants
References
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Šāhēn”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[6] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 274