سپاهی

See also: سپاہی

Persian

Etymology

Derived with a possesive suffix ـی (-i) from سپاه (sepâh, “army”), from Middle Persian spʿh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), from Parthian *𐭎𐭐𐭀𐭃 (*spāδ), from Proto-Iranian *ćwáHdaH, perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual), from *ḱweh₁-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be great”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

سپاهی • (sepâhi) (plural سپاهیان (sepâhiyân))

1. (mostly in historical contexts) soldier
2. cavalryman
3. sepoy
4. IRGC member, pasdaran

Descendants

• → Baluchi: سپاہی, سپائی
• → Bengali: সিপাহী (śipahi)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: सिपाही (sipāhī)
  • Urdu: سپاہی m (sipāhī)
  • → Gujarati: સિપાહી (sipāhī)
  • → Kannada: ಸಿಪಾಯಿ (sipāyi)
  • → Malayalam: ശിപായി (śipāyi)
  • → Marathi: शिपाई (śipāī)
  • → Indonesian: sipahi
  • → Portuguese: sipae, sipai, sipaio, cipaio
    • → English: sepoy
      • → Dutch: sepoy, sipoy
        • → Indonesian: sepoy
      • → German: Sepoy
      • → Italian: sepoy
      • → Swedish: sepoy
        • → Finnish: sepoy
      • → Turkish: sepoy
    • → French: cipaye
    • → Russian: сипай (sipaj)
      • → Ukrainian: сипай (sypaj)
    • → Spanish: cipayo
      • → Basque: zipayo
  • → Tamil: சிப்பாய் (cippāy)
  • → Telugu: సిపాయి (sipāyi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سپاهی (sipahi)
  • Turkish: sipahi
  • → French: spahi
    • → Dutch: spahi
    • → English: spahi, sipahi, spahee
    • → Russian: спаги́ (spagí), спаг (spag)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: sìpāh/сѝпа̄х, spàhija/спа̀хија
• Punjabi: ਸਿਪਾਹੀ (sipāhī)/سِپاہی (sipāhī)