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”).

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

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

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