Where does “Alshain” come from?
Alshain (English) comes from Arabic شاهين, from Persian شاهین, from Pahlavi *šāhēn.
Ancestry of “Alshain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | شاهين | Indian falcon, especially the peregrine falcon |
| 2 | Persian | شاهین | falcon, especially the Barbary falcon; pointer of... |
| 3 | Pahlavi | *šāhēn | — |