سپاہ

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian سپاه (sipāh, “army”).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِپاہ • (sipāh) f (Hindi spelling सिपाह)

  1. army
    Synonyms: لَشْکَر (laśkar), فَوج (fauj)

Derived terms
  • سپاہی (sipāhī, “soldier”)
  • سپاہنی (sipāhnī, “female soldier”)
  • سِپاہ سالار (sipāh-sālār, “army-commander; commander-in-chief”)
  • سِپاہیانَہ (sipāhyāna, “soldierly”)
  • سِپاہ گَری (sipāh-garī, “soldier's profession”)
  • سِپاہ دار (sipāh-dār, “army general”)

References
  • “سپاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سپاہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سپاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “سپاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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