سپاہ

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian ‎ (sipāh, “army”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɪ.pɑːɦ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /sɪ.pɑːɦ/

Noun

سپاہ • (sipāh) f (Hindi spelling सिपाह)

army
Synonyms: لشکر‎ (laškar), فوج‎ (fauj)

Derived terms

سپاہی‎ (sipāhī, “soldier”)
سپاہنی‎ (sipāhnī, “female soldier”)
سِپاہ سالار‎ (sipāh-sālār, “army-commander; commander-in-chief”)
سِپاہیانَہ‎ (sipāhyāna, “soldierly”)
سِپاہ گَری‎ (sipāh-garī, “soldier's profession”)
سِپاہ دار‎ (sipāh-dār, “army general”)

References

“سپاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سپاہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Platts, John T. (1884), “سپاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
“سپاہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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