سپاهی

See also: سپاہی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سِپَاهِی (sipāhī, soldier, cavalryman). By surface analysis, سپاه (sipah, army) +‎ ـی.

Noun

سپاهی • (sipahi) (plural سپاهیان or سپاهیلر (sipahiler))

  1. sipahi, a feudal cavalryman in the Ottoman Turkish army
  2. yeoman, a small freeholder who farms his own land

Derived terms

  • تیمار سپاهیسی (timar sipahisi, Timariot, yeoman of a small fief)
  • زعامت سپاهیسی (zeʼâmet sipahisi, yeoman of a large fief)
  • سپاهی اوجاغی (sipahi ocağı, special corps of cavalry)
  • سپاهی اوغلانی (sipahi oğlanı, special corps of cavalry)
  • سپاهیانه (sipahiyane, soldierly)
  • سپاهیلك (sipahilik, military service)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sipahi
  • English: sipahi
  • French: spahi
    • Dutch: spahi
    • English: spahi
    • Russian: спаги́ (spagí), спаг (spag)
  • Romanian: spahiu
  • Serbo-Croatian: sìpāh/сѝпа̄х, spàhija/спа̀хија

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From سپاه (sipāh / sepâh, army) +‎ ـی ( / -i, noun forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? sipāhī
Dari reading? sipāhī
Iranian reading? sepâhi
Tajik reading? sipohi

Noun

Dari سپاهی
Iranian Persian
Tajik сипоҳӣ

سپاهی • (sipāhī / sepâhi) (plural سپاهیان)

  1. (mostly in historical contexts) soldier
  2. cavalryman
  3. sepoy
  4. IRGC member, pasdaran

Descendants