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English
Etymology
From French spahi, from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Classical Persian سِپَاهِی (sipāhī, “horseman, soldier”) (> sepoy), from سِپَاه (sipāh, “army”). Doublet of sepoy.
Pronunciation
Noun
spahi (plural spahis)
- (history) An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system.
- 2001, Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red, tr. Erdağ M Göknar
- I hear that the great Sadiki Bey illustrated a copy of Strange Creatures, commissioned by an Uzbek spahi cavalryman, for only forty gold pieces.
- (history) A soldier in a mainly Arab-recruited cavalry (originally horse, later light armored) regiment in French colonial service in (former/ in name still) Ottoman North African provinces
Translations
Translations to be checked: "Ottoman cavalryman"
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Dutch
Etymology
From French spahi, from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”) (> English sepoy), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”).
Pronunciation
Noun
spahi m (plural spahi's, diminutive spahietje n)
- a spahi
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish sipahi, from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”).
Pronunciation
Noun
spahi m (plural spahis)
- spahi
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