सिपाह
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سپاه (sipāh, “army”), from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sɪ.pɑːɦ/, [sɪ.päːʱ]
Derived terms
- पैदल सिपाही (paidal sipāhī, “foot soldier”)
Related terms
- सिपाही (sipāhī, “soldier”)
- सिपाहियाना (sipāhiyānā, “soldierly”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सिपाह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “सिपाह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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