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spahbed

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

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noun

Meaning 1

the title of the military commander or commander-in-chief in Sassanian-era Persia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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History

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭯𐭲𐭩 (spʾḥpty /⁠spāhbed⁠/). Doublet of sparapet.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِصْبَهْبَذ (ʔiṣbahbaḏ) — military title
  • Aramaic: ܐܣܦܗܒܝܕ (sphbyd) — military title
  • Bactrian: σπαλοβιδο (spalobido) — military title
  • Bactrian: σπαδοβιδο (spadobido) — military title
  • Ancient Greek: ἀσπαβέδης (aspabédēs) — military title
  • Hindi: सिपहबद (sipahbad) — military title
  • Parthian: 𐭎𐭐𐭀𐭃𐭐𐭕𐭉 — military title
  • Persian: سپاهبد (sepâhbed) — military title
  • Persian: سپهبد (sepahbod) — military title
  • Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭯𐭲𐭩 — military title
  • Sogdian: ܣܦܐܕܦܬ (spʾdpt) — military title