shahin

See also: Shahin

English

Noun

shahin (plural shahins)

  1. The shaheen falcon

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاهین (şahin, “peregrine falcon”), from Classical Persian شاهین (šāhīn, “royal white falcon”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈhin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Hyphenation: sha‧hín

Noun

shahin m (definite shahini) (Tosk)

  1. hawk, goshawk, falcon
    Synonyms: petrit, fajkua, skifter, gjeraqinë, gjerak
  2. kestrel, common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
    Synonyms: sokol, petrit, kaçubet, skifter, fajkua

Declension
Declension of shahin
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shahin shahinë shahini shahinët
accusative shahinin
dative shahini shahinëve shahinit shahinëvet
ablative shahinësh

References
  1. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “shahin”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 437

Further reading
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shahín”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362
  • Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 55
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