سپاہ

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian سپاه (sipāh, “army”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɪ.pɑːɦ/

Noun

سِپاہ • (sipāh) f (Hindi spelling सिपाह)

1. army

   Synonyms: لَشْکَر (laśkar), فَوج (fauj)

Derived terms

• سپاہی (sipāhī, “soldier”)
• سپاہنی (sipāhnī, “female soldier”)
• سِپاہ سالار (sipāh-sālār, “army-commander; commander-in-chief”)
• سِپاہیانَہ (sipāhyāna, “soldierly”)
• سِپاہ گَری (sipāh-garī, “soldier's profession”)
• سِپاہ دار (sipāh-dār, “army general”)

References

• “سپاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سپاہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سپاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “سپاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.