सिपाह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سپاه (sipāh, “army”), from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɪ.pɑːɦ/, [sɪ.päːʱ]

Noun

सिपाह • (sipāh) f (Urdu spelling سپاہ)

1. army

   Synonyms: लश्कर (laśkar), सेना (senā)

Derived terms

• पैदल सिपाही (paidal sipāhī, “foot soldier”)

Related terms

• सिपाही (sipāhī, “soldier”)
• सिपाहियाना (sipāhiyānā, “soldierly”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सिपाह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सिपाह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.