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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “soldier”).
Pronunciation
Noun
спахија • (spahija) f
- (historical) spahi
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “soldier”). Akin to сѝпа̄х.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spǎxija/
- Hyphenation: спа‧хи‧ја
- Rhymes: -ija
Noun
спа̀хија m anim (Latin spelling spàhija)
- (historical) spahi
- (regional, obsolete) an affluent Islamic head of household in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Хасан-спахија ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Омер-спахија ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “спахија”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 570