سپاہنی
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From سپاہ (sipāh, “army”) + ـنی (-nī, “feminine forming suffix”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sɪ.pɑːɦ.niː/
Noun
[edit]سِپاہْنی • (sipāhnī) f (Hindi spelling सिपाहनी)
- female soldier, army-woman; warrioress
- policewoman, female constable
Related terms
[edit]- سِپاہی (sipāhī, “soldier, policeman”)
References
[edit]- “سپاہنی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.