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sipahsalar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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History

Etymology

From Classical Persian سِپَهْسَالَار (sipahsālār), اِسْپَهْسَالَار (ispahsālār), from Middle Persian 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 (spāh-sālār).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِسْفَهْسَلَار (ʔisfahsalār) — a title
  • Arabic: إِصْبَهْسَلَار (ʔiṣbahsalār) — a title
  • Armenian: սպասալար (spasalar) — a title
  • Azerbaijani: sipəhsalar — a title
  • Bengali: সিপাহসালার (śipahśalar) — a title
  • Georgian: სპასალარი (sṗasalari) — a title
  • Hindi: सिपहसालार (sipahsālār) — a title
  • Iranian Persian: سِپَهْسالار (sepahsâlâr) — a title
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْپَهْسالار (espahsâlâr) — a title
  • Tajik: сипаҳсолор (sipahsolor) — a title
  • Turkish: sipehsâlâr — a title
  • Ottoman Turkish: سپاهسالار (sipâhsâlâr) — a title
  • Urdu: سِپَہْ سالار (sipah sālār) — a title
  • Urdu: سِپَہْسالار (sipahsālār) — a title
  • Uzbek: sipohsolor — a title