Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian سپاه (sipāh, army).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سِپاہ (sipāhf (Hindi spelling सिपाह)

  1. army
    Synonyms: لَشْکَر (laśkar), فَوج (fauj)

Derived terms

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References

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  • سپاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سپاہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سپاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • سپاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.