šahin

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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šáhin m (Cyrillic spelling ша́хин)

  1. falcon (trained for hunting)

Declension

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References

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