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"roman": "sipāhī",
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"masculine"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "sipahi"
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"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sepoj",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "сепој"
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "śipāyi",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "ശിപായി"
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"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "sepâhi",
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"word": "سِپاهی"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
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"word": "cipaio"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sipáj",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сипа́й"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
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"word": "cipayo"
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "cippāy",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "சிப்பாய்"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sipāyi",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "సిపాయి"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "sepoy"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sypáj",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "сипа́й"
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sipāhī",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "سِپاہی"
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"source": "w"
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"(India, Pakistan, Nepal) The holder of an infantry enlisted rank equivalent to private in other countries."
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"ipa": "/ˈsiːˌpɔɪ/"
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"rhymes": "-iːpɔɪ"
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"English terms derived from Portuguese",
"English terms derived from Urdu",
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"Rhymes:English/iːpɔɪ/2 syllables",
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"2": "sepoy",
"bor": "1"
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"2": "Sepoy",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "sepoy",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Italian: sepoy",
"name": "desc"
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"2": "sepoy",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "sepoy",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"1": "tr",
"2": "sepoy",
"bor": "1"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سِبَاهِي"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sipʿahi",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "սիփահի"
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"roman": "sipáj",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"roman": "śipahi",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "সিপাহী"
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"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
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{
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"word": "cipaye"
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{
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"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Sepoy"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sipāhī",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "सिपाही"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "szipoj"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "sipahi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sepoy"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sepoj",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сепој"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "śipāyi",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "ശിപായി"
},
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"word": "سپاهی"
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"code": "fa-cls",
"lang": "Persian",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Persian"
],
"roman": "sipāhī",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "سِپَاهِی"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "sepâhi",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "سِپاهی"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cipaio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sipaio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sipáj",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сипа́й"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cipayo"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "cippāy",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "சிப்பாய்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sipāyi",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "సిపాయి"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"word": "sepoy"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sypáj",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сипа́й"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sipāhī",
"sense": "a native soldier of the East Indies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سِپاہی"
}
],
"word": "sepoy"
}
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