English

Etymology
Via F., from Turk. sipahi, from Pers. FAchar|سپا�� (sip�hī) �horseman, soldier� (> English sepoy), from FAchar|سپا� (sip�h) �army�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'sp�:hi:/

Noun
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1. historic an Ottoman Turkish cavalryman

#:*2001: �I hear that the great Sadiki Bey illustrated a copy of Strange Creatures, commissioned by an Uzbek spahi cavalryman, for only forty gold pieces.� � Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red, tr. Erda� M Göknar

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