سپاه
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian spʾh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IR" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /seˈpɒːh/, [seˈpʰɒː(h)]
Noun
سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ))
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) 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