Ultimately from Classical Persian سپاهی (sipāhī). Cognate with Hindi सिपाही (sipāhī), Kannada ಸಿಪಾಯಿ (sipāyi), Malayalam ശിപായി (śipāyi), Tamil சிப்பாய் (cippāy), English sepoy.
సిపాయి • (sipāyi) ? (plural సిపాయులు)