sipahi

• spahee (archaic)

From Ottoman Turkish سپاهی, from Classical Persian سپاهی (sipāhī), from Middle Persian spʿh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh).

sipahi (plural sipahis)

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

From Hindustani (Urdu سپاہی (sipāhī) or Hindi सिपाही (sipāhī)), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “soldier, horseman”), سپاه (sepâh, “army”), from Middle Persian spʾh or 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ćwáHdaH.

• IPA^(key): [siˈpa.hi]
• Hyphenation: si‧pa‧hi

sipahi (first-person possessive sipahiku, second-person possessive sipahimu, third-person possessive sipahinya)

1. sepoy, a native soldier of the East Indies (Indian subcontinent).

• “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.