shahin
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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
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Falconids
- Albanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Albanian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Albanian terms derived from Classical Persian
- Albanian 2-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Albanian/in
- Rhymes:Albanian/in/2 syllables
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- Tosk Albanian
- sq:Birds of prey