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