Borrowed from Indo-Aryan, from Classical Persian سِپَاهِی (sipāhī). Cognate with Hindi सिपाही (sipāhī), Kannada ಸಿಪಾಯಿ (sipāyi), Tamil சிப்பாய் (cippāy), Telugu సిపాయి (sipāyi), English sepoy.
ശിപായി • (śipāyi)
