English Explanatory Dictionary

sipahsalar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A title given to commanders in chief and general officers in the armies of many states of the medieval Islamic world.

Word forms

sipahsalar sipahsalars ispahsalar

Etymology

From Classical Persian سِپَهْسَالَار (sipahsālār), اِسْپَهْسَالَار (ispahsālār), from Middle Persian 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 (spāh-sālār).

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