"spahi" meaning in French

See spahi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /spa.i/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-spahi.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-spahi.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: spahis [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish sipahi, from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|tr|sipahi}} Borrowed from Turkish sipahi, {{der|fr|fa|سپاهی||horseman, soldier|tr=sepâhi}} Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} spahi m (plural spahis)
  1. spahi Tags: masculine Related terms: cipaye [masculine]
    Sense id: en-spahi-fr-noun-8Spt5bxn Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "spahi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "spahi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "spagí",
      "word": "спаги́"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "spag",
      "word": "спаг"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "tr",
        "3": "sipahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Turkish sipahi",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "سپاهی",
        "4": "",
        "5": "horseman, soldier",
        "tr": "sepâhi"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Turkish sipahi, from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spahis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "spahi m (plural spahis)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spahi"
      ],
      "id": "en-spahi-fr-noun-8Spt5bxn",
      "links": [
        [
          "spahi",
          "spahi#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cipaye"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spa.i/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-spahi.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-spahi.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-spahi.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-spahi.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-spahi.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Toulouse"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-spahi.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-spahi.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-spahi.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Somain",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-spahi.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-spahi.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spahi"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "spahi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "spahi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "spagí",
      "word": "спаги́"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "spag",
      "word": "спаг"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "tr",
        "3": "sipahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Turkish sipahi",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "سپاهی",
        "4": "",
        "5": "horseman, soldier",
        "tr": "sepâhi"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Turkish sipahi, from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spahis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "spahi m (plural spahis)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cipaye"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French 2-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms borrowed from Turkish",
        "French terms derived from Persian",
        "French terms derived from Turkish",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spahi"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spahi",
          "spahi#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spa.i/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-spahi.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-spahi.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-spahi.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-spahi.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-spahi.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Toulouse"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-spahi.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-spahi.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-spahi.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Somain",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-spahi.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-spahi.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spahi"
}

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