sipahi
English
Alternative forms
- spahee (archaic)
Noun
sipahi (plural sipahis)
- An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hindustani (Urdu سپاہی (sipāhī) or Hindi सिपाही (sipāhī)), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “soldier, horseman”), سپاه (sepâh, “army”), from Middle Persian spʾh or 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ćwáHdaH.
Pronunciation
Noun
sipahi (first-person possessive sipahiku, second-person possessive sipahimu, third-person possessive sipahinya)
- sepoy, a native soldier of the East Indies (Indian subcontinent).
Further reading
- “sipahi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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