शिपाई

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سپاهی (sipāhī). Compare Gujarati સિપાહી (sipāhī), Hindi सिपाही (sipāhī), Kannada ಸಿಪಾಯಿ (sipāyi), Telugu సిపాయి (sipāyi), Malayalam ശിപായി (śipāyi), Tamil சிப்பாய் (cippāy), Punjabi ਸਿਪਾਹੀ (sipāhī) / سِپاہی (sipāhī), Nepali सिपाही (sipāhī), Bengali সিপাহী (śipahi).

Noun

शिपाई • (śipāī) m

1. soldier, sepoy
2. policeman

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “शिपाई”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शिपाई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “शिपाई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).