šahin
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 anim (Cyrillic spelling ша́хин)
- falcon (trained for hunting)
Declension
| 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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 578