/ʃaː.ˈhiːn/, [ʃɑː.ɦíːn], [ʃɑː.ɦíːn]
ریشهFrom Middle Persian [script needed] (*šāhēn, literally “majestic, kingly”) and the given name [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (šāhēn). By surface analysis, شاه (šâh) + ـین (-in).
Compare Middle Armenian շահէն (šahēn) and Old Armenian Շահէն (Šahēn).
- falcon, especially Barbary falcon (Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides)
- pointer of a scale
- a male given name, Shahin, Shaahin, or Shaheen, from Middle Persian
صورتهاšâhin(romanization) · شاهینها(plural) · شهین(alternative, archaic)