shahin
See also: Shahin
English edit
Noun edit
shahin (plural shahins)
- The shaheen falcon
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاهین (şahin, “peregrine falcon”), from Classical Persian شاهین (šāhīn, “royal white falcon”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shahin m (definite shahini) (Tosk)
Declension edit
Declension of shahin
References edit
Further reading edit
- 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