sipahsalar

English

Alternative forms

• ispahsalar

Etymology

From Persian سپهسالار (sepahsâlâr), اسپهسالار (espahsâlâr), from Middle Persian 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 (spāh-sālār).

Noun

sipahsalar (plural sipahsalars)

1. A title given to commanders in chief and general officers in the armies of many states of the medieval Islamic world.

Translations

a title

• Arabic: إِسْفَهْسَلَار (ʔisfahsalār), إِصْبَهْسَلَار (ʔiṣbahsalār)
• Georgian: სპასალარი (sṗasalari)
• Hindi: सिपहसालार (hi) m (sipahsālār)
• Ottoman Turkish: سپاهسالار (sipâhsâlâr)
• Persian: سپهسالار (fa) (sepahsâlâr)
• Tajik: сипаҳсолор (sipahsolor)
• Urdu: سپهسالار (sipahsālār)
• Uzbek: sipohsolor (uz)