سپاه

Persian

Alternative forms

اسپاه‎ (espâh)
اسپه‎ (espah)
سپه‎ (sepah)

Etymology

From Middle Persian spʾh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧‎ (spāh), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ĉwáHdaH.

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /seˈpɒːh/, [seˈpʰɒː(h)]

Noun

سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاه‌ها‎ (sepâh-hâ))

army

Synonyms

لشکر‎ (laškar)

Derived terms

سپاهی‎ (sepâhi)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سپاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18

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