شاهین
Ottoman Turkish
شاهین
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian شاهین (šâhin, “falcon”), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (*šāhēn, literally “majestic, kingly”).
Derived terms
- ترازو شاهینی (terazi şahini, “tongue of a balance”)
- شاهینجی (şahinci, “falconer”)
Descendants
Further reading
- 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, Vienna: F. Beck, page 284a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شاهین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, 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, 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, Vienna, column 2763
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şahin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شاهین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, 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).[1] 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]
- (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))
- falcon, especially the Barbary falcon
- pointer of a scale
Descendants
Proper noun
| Dari | شاهین |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Шоҳин |
شاهین • (šâhin)
- a male given name, Shahin, Shaahin, or Shaheen, from Middle Persian.
References
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Šāhēn”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 274
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