سپاه
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Persian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Persian spʾh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual), from *ḱweh₁-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be great”). Possible cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (sūidiiāi, “to swell, increase”, inf.), Bactrian σοδο (sodo /sūdo/, “plenty”), Middle Persian [script needed] (swd /sūd/), [script needed] (swwd /sūd/, “profit, advantage”), Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, “strength, superiority”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sipɑːh/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /sɪpɑːh/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /sepɒːh/
Noun[edit]
سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ))
Derived terms[edit]
- سپاهی (sepâhi)
Descendants[edit]
- → Urdu: سپاه (sipāh)
References[edit]
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سپاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1][1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18
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- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
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- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns