सिपाही

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سپاهی (sipāhī). Compare Bengali সিপাহী (śipahi), Gujarati સિપાહી (sipāhī), Kannada ಸಿಪಾಯಿ (sipāyi), Malayalam ശിപായി (śipāyi), Marathi शिपाई (śipāī), Nepali सिपाही (sipāhī), Punjabi ਸਿਪਾਹੀ (sipāhī) / سِپاہی (sipāhī), Tamil சிப்பாய் (cippāy), Telugu సిపాయి (sipāyi).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sɪ.pɑː.ɦiː/,

Noun

सिपाही (sipāhīm (Urdu spelling سپاہی)

  1. soldier, fighter
  2. (chess) pawn

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
राजा (rājā)
बादशाह (bādśāh)
शाह (śāh)
रानी (rānī)
वज़ीर (vazīr)
मंत्री (mantrī)
बेगम (begam)
फ़रज़ी (farzī)
हाथी (hāthī)
कश्ती (kaśtī)
रुख़ (rux)
ऊँट (ū̃ṭ)
फ़ील (fīl)
पील (pīl)
घोड़ा (ghoṛā) प्यादा (pyādā)
पैदल (paidal)
सिपाही (sipāhī)

Nepali

Pronunciation

Noun

सिपाही (sipāhī)

  1. soldier
  2. (chess) pawn

See also

Chess pieces in Nepali · बुद्धिचालको गोटीहरू (buddhicālko goṭīharū) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
राजा (rājā) मन्त्री (mantrī) हात्ती (hāttī) उँट (ũṭ) घोडा (ghoḍā) सिपाही (sipāhī)