Where does “šahin” come from?
šahin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish شاهین, from Persian شاهین, from Pahlavi *šāhēn.
šahin (Serbo-Croatian): falcon
Ancestry of “šahin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | شاهین | — |
| 2 | Persian | شاهین | falcon, especially the Barbary falcon; pointer of... |
| 3 | Pahlavi | *šāhēn | — |