Shahin
Shahin (from the Persian: شاهين, Shāhīn) is a name of Persian origin, referring specifically to the Barbary falcon utilized in falconry. The name has been used in the English language taxonomy to describe the Shaheen falcon. As a given name or surname, Shahin is also found with variant spellings, these include: Chahine, Chahin, Chagin, Shaaheen, Shaahin, Shaheen, Şahin, Shehin and uncommonly spelled Chejin and Cejin among families of Lebanese origin in parts of Latin America.
Given name
- Shaheen Ariefdien, Canadian musician
- Shahin Badar, British Bangladeshi singer
- Shaheen Banu, Indian film actress
- Shaheen Khan, Indian film actress
- Shahin Kheiri, Iranian footballer
- Shahin Najafi, Iranian musician
- Shaheen Sheik, Indian singer-songwriter
- Shahin Vahmanzadegan, Sasanian general
Surname
- Adam Shaheen, British Animation Producer and entrepreneur - Cuppa Coffee Studios.
- Jeanne Shaheen, American politician
- Jammal Shahin, Jordanian footballer
- Jack Shaheen, American media scholar
- John Shaheen, American twentieth century OSS officer, financier, and businessman
- Matt Shaheen, American politician
- Nadine Shahin (born 1997), Egyptian squash player
- Omar Shahin, Jordanian activist
- Robert Joseph Shaheen, Lebanese American Eparch Emeritus of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles
- Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Tarek Shahin, Egyptian cartoonist
- Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film Director
Military
- Black Shaheen, a variant of the Storm Shadow/SCALP EG air-launched cruise missile, for export to the UAE
- Shaheen, the military symbol of Pakistan Air Force
- Shaheen-I, a short range ballistic missile developed by Pakistan
- Shaheen-II, a medium/intermediate range ballistic missile developed by Pakistan
- Shaheen-III, a medium/intermediate range ballistic missile developed by Pakistan
- Mersad or Shahin, a supersonic Iranian ground-to-air guided missile
Other uses
- 4103 Chahine, a main-belt asteroid
- Shaheen Falcon, non-migratory subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon
- Shaheen (supercomputer), Cray supercomputer
- Shaheen (novel), by Naseem Hijazi
- Shaheen Air, Pakistani airline
- Shaheen Airport Services, Aircraft ground handling company
- Shahin F.C., Iranian football club
- Shahin, Iran, village in Iran
- Shahin-e Olya, village in Iran
- Shahin Shahr, planned satellite city in Iran
See also
- Şahin, the usual Turkish spelling
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