English Explanatory Dictionary

sipahi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
  2. A feudal cavalryman in the Ottoman Turkish army.

Word forms

sipahi sipahis spahee

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سپاهی, from Classical Persian سپاهی (sipāhī), from Middle Persian spʿh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh). Doublet of spahi and sepoy.

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