šahin

See also: şahin and Şahin

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • šáin, šájin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاهین (şahin), from Persian شاهین (šâhin), from Middle Persian. Akin to Šáhin and šahìndžija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃǎːxin/
  • Hyphenation: ša‧hin

Noun

šáhin m (Cyrillic spelling ша́хин)

  1. falcon (trained for hunting)

Declension

References

  • šahin” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 578
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