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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian spʾh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual), from *ḱweh₁-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be great”). Possible cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (sūidiiāi, “to swell, increase”, inf.), Bactrian σοδο (sodo /sūdo/, “plenty”), Middle Persian (swd /sūd/), (swwd /sūd/, “profit, advantage”), Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, “strength, superiority”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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sipāh
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| Dari reading?
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sipāh
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| Iranian reading?
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sepâh
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| Tajik reading?
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sipoh
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Noun
سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ))
- army
- Synonyms: لشکر (laškar), ارتش (arteš), (Dari) اردو (urdū)
- (Iran) Short for سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی (sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enqelâb-e eslâmi, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”).
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References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سپاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18