شاهین
Persian
noun
Definitions
- falcon, especially the Barbary falcon
- pointer of a scale
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian *šāhēn (majestic, kingly).
Origin
Middle Persian
*šāhēn
Gloss
majestic, kingly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Alshain English
- shah English
- scaccus Latin
- Schach German
- Schah German
- sjah Dutch, Flemish
- schah French
- шах Russian
- sjah Norwegian Bokmål
- xá Portuguese
- shah Swedish
- sjah Norwegian Nynorsk
- आवलि Sanskrit
- राजा Sanskrit
- skák Old Norse
- šach Czech
- شاهين, اَلشَّاهِين Arabic
- شَاه Arabic
- مَقَدِيشُو Arabic
- eschés Old French
- šahin Serbo-Croatian
- шахин Serbo-Croatian
- xa Catalan, Valencian
- शाह Hindi
- शाहीन Hindi
- шоҳ Persian
- خوارزمشاه Persian
- شاه Persian
- شاهانه Persian
- شاهزاده Persian
- شاهوار Persian
- شاهکار Persian
- شاهتوت Persian
- شاهدانه Persian
- مقعد Persian
- rajawali Indonesian
- šahs Latvian
- *շահէն Old Armenian
- shakar Ido
- şah Turkish
- syah Malay
- schāch Middle High German
- шаһ Kazakh
- şah Azerbaijani
- شاه Ottoman Turkish
- شاهین Ottoman Turkish
- 沙赫 Chinese
- 沙阿 Chinese
- šach Slovak
- شاھ Uighur, Uyghur
- *šāhēn Middle Persian
- 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 Middle Persian
- Shohjahon Uzbek
- շահէն Middle Armenian
- շահին Middle Armenian
- шагь Kumyk
- şa Turkmen