سپاهی

See also: سپاہی‎

Persian

Etymology

Derived with a possesive suffix ‎ (-i) from ‎ (sepâh, “army”), from Middle Persian spʿh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧‎ (spāh), from Parthian *𐭎𐭐𐭀𐭃‎ (*spāδ), from Proto-Iranian *ćwáHdaH, perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual), from *ḱweh₁-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be great”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sipɑːˈhiː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sɪpɑːˈhiː/
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): /sɪpɑːˈiː/

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

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /sipɔˈhi/

Noun

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

(mostly in historical contexts) soldier
cavalryman
sepoy
IRGC member, pasdaran

Descendants

→ Baluchi: سپاہی‎, سپائی‎
→ Bengali: সিপাহী (sipahi)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: सिपाही (sipāhī)
- Urdu: سپاہی‎ m (sipāhī)
- → Gujarati: સિપાહી (sipāhī)
- → Kannada: ಸಿಪಾಯಿ (sipāyi)
- → Malayalam: ശിപായി (śipāyi)
- → Marathi: शिपाई (śipāī)
- → Indonesian: sipahi
- → Portuguese: sipae, sipai, sipaio, cipaio
  - → English: sepoy
    - → Dutch: sepoy, sipoy
      - → Indonesian: sepoy
    - → German: Sepoy
    - → Italian: sepoy
    - → Swedish: sepoy
      - → Finnish: sepoy
    - → Turkish: sepoy
  - → French: cipaye
  - → Russian: сипай (sipaj)
    - → Ukrainian: сипай (sypaj)
  - → Spanish: cipayo
    - → Basque: zipaio
- → Tamil: சிப்பாய் (cippāy)
- → Telugu: సిపాయి (sipāyi)
→ Ottoman Turkish: سپاهی‎ (sipahi)
- Turkish: sipahi
- → French: spahi
  - → Dutch: spahi
  - → English: spahi, sipahi, spahee
  - → Russian: спаги́ (spagí), спаг (spag)
- → Romanian: spahiu
- → Serbo-Croatian: sìpāh/сѝпа̄х, spàhija/спа̀хија
Punjabi: ਸਿਪਾਹੀ (sipāhī)/سِپاہی‎ (sipāhī)

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