cipayo

Portuguese

Noun

cipayo m (plural s)

1. Obsolete spelling of sipaio.

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese sipaio, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian سپاهی (sipāhī, “soldier, horseman”), from سپاه (sipāh, “army”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈpaʝo/ [θiˈpa.ʝo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈpaʝo/ [siˈpa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈpaʝo/ [siˈpa.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /siˈpaʃo/ [siˈpa.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /siˈpaʒo/ [siˈpa.ʒo]

Noun

cipayo m (plural cipayos)

1. sepoy