شاهین

See also: شاہین and شاهين

Ottoman Turkish

شاهین

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شاهین (šâhin, “falcon”), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (*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

• 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

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

Further reading

• 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], 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

شاهین

Alternative forms

• شهین (šahin) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (*šāhēn, literally “majestic, kingly”) and the given name [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (šāhēn). By surface analysis, شاه (šâh) +‎ ـین (-in).

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ˈhiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɦíːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɦíːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.jíːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.jín]

• (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 (šâhin-hâ))

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

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَاهِين (šāhīn)
• → Bengali: শাহীন (śahin)
• → Gujarati: શાહીન (śāhīn)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शाहीन (śāhīn)

  Urdu: شاہین (śāhīn)

  • → English: shahin, shaheen
• → Middle Armenian: շահին (šahin)
• → Ottoman Turkish: شاهین (şâhîn)
  • Turkish: şahin
  • → Albanian: shahin
  • → Greek: σαΐνι (saḯni)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: šáhin / ша́хин
• → Russian: шахин (šaxin)

Proper noun

Dari	شاهین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Шоҳин

شاهین • (šâhin)

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

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَاهِين (šāhīn)
• → Turkish: Şahin

References

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Šāhēn”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[6] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 274