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
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shahin shahini shahinë shahinët
accusative shahinin
dative shahini shahinit shahinëve shahinëve
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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