Persian

شاهین

Alternative forms

• شهین ‎(šahin) (archaic)

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• → Arabic: شاهين ‎(šāhīn)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: शाहीन ‎(śāhīn)
  • Urdu: شاہین ‎(śāhīn)
  • → English: shahin, shaheen
• → Middle Armenian: շահին ‎(šahin)
• → Ottoman Turkish: شاهین ‎(şâhîn)
  • Turkish: şahin
  • → Serbo-Croatian: šáhin / ша́хин
• → Russian: шахин ‎(šaxin)

Proper noun

شاهین • ‎(Šâhin)

1. A male given name, Shahin, Shaahin, Shaheen

Descendants

• → Arabic: شاهين ‎(Šāhīn)
• → Turkish: Şahin

References

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