شاهین
Ottoman Turkish
شاهین
Derived terms
- ترازو شاهینی (terazi şahini, “tongue of a balance”)
- شاهینجی (şahinci, “falconer”)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “şahin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4414
- 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 (šohin) |
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] Synchronically شاه (šâh) + ـین (-in).
Compare Middle Armenian շահէն (šahēn) and Old Armenian Շահէն (Šahēn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʃɑːˈhiːn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ʃɑːˈhiːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ʃɒːˈhiːn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʃɔˈhin/
Noun
شاهین • (šâhin) (plural شاهینها (šâhin-hâ))
- falcon, especially the Barbary falcon
- pointer of a scale
Descendants
Proper noun
| Dari | شاهین |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Шоҳин (Šohin) |
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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