سپاه
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian spʾh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual), from *ḱweh₁-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be great”). Possible cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (sūidiiāi, “to swell, increase”, inf.), Bactrian σοδο (sodo /sūdo/, “plenty”), Middle Persian [script needed] (swd /sūd/), [script needed] (swwd /sūd/, “profit, advantage”), Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, “strength, superiority”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [si.ˈpɑːh]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [se.pʰɒ́ːʰ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.pʰɔ́ʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sipāh |
Dari reading? | sipāh |
Iranian reading? | sepâh |
Tajik reading? | sipoh |
Noun edit
سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ))
Derived terms edit
- سپاهی (sepâhi)
Descendants edit
- → Urdu: سپاہ (sipāh)
References edit
- 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