سپاهی

See also: سپاہی‎

Persian

Etymology

Compound of ‎ (sepâh, “army”) and the suffix ‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sepɒːˈhiː/

Noun

سپاهی • (sepâhi) (plural سپاهیان‎ (sepâhiyân))

soldier

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: सिपाही (sipāhī)
- Urdu: سپاہی‎ m (sipāhī)
  - → Portuguese: sipae
    - → Dutch: sepoy
    - → English: sepoy
    - → Spanish: cipayo
→ Ottoman Turkish: سپاهی‎ (sipahi)
- Turkish: sipahi
- → French: spahi
  - → Dutch: spahi
  - → English: spahi
- → Serbo-Croatian: sìpāh/сѝпа̄х, spàhija/спа̀хија

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