sipahi
English
editAlternative forms
edit- spahee (archaic)
Etymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish سپاهی, from Classical Persian سپاهی (sipāhī), from Middle Persian spʿh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh).
Noun
editsipahi (plural sipahis)
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Hindustani (Urdu سپاہی (sipāhī) or Hindi सिपाही (sipāhī)), from Classical Persian سِپَاهِی (sipāhī, “soldier, horseman”), from سِپَاه (“army”), from Middle Persian spʾh or 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ćwáHdaH.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsipahi (first-person possessive sipahiku, second-person possessive sipahimu, third-person possessive sipahinya)
- sepoy, a native soldier of the East Indies (Indian subcontinent).
Further reading
edit- “sipahi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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