Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, soldier).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

спахија (spahijaf

  1. (historical) spahi

Declension edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, soldier). Akin to сѝпа̄х.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /spǎxija/
  • Hyphenation: спа‧хи‧ја
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun edit

спа̀хија m (Latin spelling spàhija)

  1. (historical) spahi
  2. (regional, obsolete) an affluent Islamic head of household in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Хасан-спахија(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Омер-спахија(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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References edit

  • спахија” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 570