سپاہنی

Urdu

Etymology

From سپاہ (sipāh, “army”) +‎ ـنی (-nī, “feminine forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɪ.pɑːɦ.niː/

Noun

سِپاہْنی • (sipāhnī) f (Hindi spelling सिपाहनी)

1. female soldier, army-woman; warrioress
2. policewoman, female constable

Related terms

• سِپاہی (sipāhī, “soldier, policeman”)

References

• “سپاہنی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.