sipahi

Meaning

Noun

An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
A feudal cavalryman in the Ottoman Turkish army.

Origin

From Ottoman Turkish سپاهی, from Persian سپاهی, from Middle Persian spʿh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧.

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