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A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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The holder of an infantry enlisted rank equivalent to private in other countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, Nepal, Pakistan
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From Portuguese sipae, from Urdu سِپاہی (sipāhī) / Hindi सिपाही (sipāhī), from Classical Persian سِپَاهِی (sipāhī, “soldier, horseman”), from سِپَاه (sipāh, “army”). Doublet of spahi and sipahi.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سِبَاهِي
(sibāhī)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Armenian:
սիփահի
(sipʻahi)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Belarusian:
сіпа́й
(sipáj)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Bengali:
সিপাহী
(śipahi)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Catalan:
sipai
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Dutch:
sepoy
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Dutch:
sipoy
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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French:
cipaye
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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German:
Sepoy
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Hindi:
सिपाही
(sipāhī)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Hungarian:
szipoj
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Indonesian:
sipahi
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Italian:
sepoy
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Macedonian:
сепој
(sepoj)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Malayalam:
ശിപായി
(śipāyi)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Persian:
سِپَاهِی
(sipāhī)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Iranian Persian:
سِپاهی
(sepâhi)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Portuguese:
cipaio
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Portuguese:
sipaio
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Russian:
сипа́й
(sipáj)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Spanish:
cipayo
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Tajik:
сипоҳӣ
(sipohi)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Tamil:
சிப்பாய்
(cippāy)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Telugu:
సిపాయి
(sipāyi)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Turkish:
sepoy
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Ottoman Turkish:
سپاهی
(sipahi)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Ukrainian:
сипа́й
(sypáj)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
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Urdu:
سِپاہی
(sipāhī)
— a native soldier of the East Indies
