سپاه

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. 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, A. G. (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