شاہین

See also: شاهين and شاهین

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian شاهین (šāhīn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.ɦiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: شا‧ہِین

Noun

شاہِین • (śāhīn) m (Hindi spelling शाहीन)

1. falcon, especially the peregrine falcon subspecies Falco peregrinus peregrinator.

Declension

Declension of شاہین
	singular	plural
direct	شاہِین (śāhīn)	شاہِین (śāhīn)
oblique	شاہِین (śāhīn)	شاہِینوں (śāhīnō̃)
vocative	شاہِین (śāhīn)	شاہِینو (śāhīnō)

Further reading

• “شاہین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شاہین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شاہین”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.