sipaio

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu سپاہی (sipāhī), from Persian (sepâhi, “soldier, horseman”), from (sepâh, “army”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈpaj.u/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈpaj.o/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈpaj.u/

Hyphenation: si‧pai‧o

Noun

sipaio m (plural sipaios)

(historical, military) sepoy (native soldier of the East Indies)

Descendants

→ English: sepoy
- → Dutch: sepoy, sipoy
  - → Indonesian: sepoy
- → German: Sepoy
- → Italian: sepoy
- → Swedish: sepoy
  - → Finnish: sepoy
- → Turkish: sepoy

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