šahin

See also: şahin and Şahin

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• šáin, šájin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاهین (şahin), from Persian شاهین (šâhin), from Middle Persian. Akin to Šáhin and šahìndžija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃǎːxin/
• Hyphenation: ša‧hin

Noun

šáhin m (Cyrillic spelling ша́хин)

1. falcon (trained for hunting)

Declension

Declension of šahin

	singular	plural
nominative	šahin	šahini
genitive	šahina	šahina
dative	šahinu	šahinima
accusative	šahina	šahine
vocative	šahine	šahini
locative	šahinu	šahinima
instrumental	šahinom	šahinima

References

• “šahin” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 578