The story
- Persian · derived fromشاهین“falcon / pointer of a scale”
- Arabic · derived fromاَلشَّاهِين“the falcon”
- English todayAlshain
From Arabic اَلشَّاهِين (aš-šāhīn, “the falcon”), from Persian شاهین (šâhin, “falcon / pointer of a scale”).
Words from the same roots
Persianشاهین all →
shaheen falcon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.