"سپاه" meaning in Persian

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Noun

IPA: [si.ˈpɑːh] [Classical-Persian], [sɪ.pʰɑ́ːʱ] [Dari, formal], [sɪ.pʰɑ́ːʱ] [Dari, formal], [sɪ.pʰɑ́ː] [Kabuli], [si.pʰɔ́ː] (note: Hazaragi), [se.pʰɒ́ːʰ] [Iran, formal], [si.pʰɔ́ʱ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: sepâh [romanization], سپاهها [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Persian spʾh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual), from *ḱweh₁-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be great”). Possible cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (sūidiiāi, “to swell, increase”, inf.), Bactrian σοδο (sodo /⁠sūdo⁠/, “plenty”), Middle Persian [script needed] (swd /⁠sūd⁠/), [script needed] (swwd /⁠sūd⁠/, “profit, advantage”), Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, “strength, superiority”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|spʾh}} Middle Persian spʾh, {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*ćwáHdʰaH}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, {{inh|fa|ine-pro||*ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁|pos=dual}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual), {{cog|ae|𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌|pos=inf.|t=to swell, increase}} Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (sūidiiāi, “to swell, increase”, inf.), {{cog|xbc|σοδο|t=plenty|ts=sūdo}} Bactrian σοδο (sodo /⁠sūdo⁠/, “plenty”), {{cog|pal|tr=swd|ts=sūd}} Middle Persian [script needed] (swd /⁠sūd⁠/), {{cog|sa|शवस्||strength, superiority}} Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, “strength, superiority”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|سپاهها|||||f1tr=sepâh-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=sepâh|tr2=|tr3=}} سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=سپاهها|tr=sepâh}} سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ))
  1. army Synonyms: لشکر, ارتش, اردو
    Sense id: en-سپاه-fa-noun-sv1c26Kx
  2. (Iran) Short for سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی (sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enqelâb-e eslâmi, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”). Tags: Iran, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی (extra: sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enqelâb-e eslâmi, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”)
    Sense id: en-سپاه-fa-noun-WKYWhtwF Categories (other): Iranian Persian, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: اسپاه (espâh), اسپه (espah), سپه (sepah) Derived forms: سپاهی (sepâhi) 
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sepâhi",
      "word": "سپاهی"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "سپاہ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "sipāh"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: سپاہ (sipāh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: سپاہ (sipāh)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "spʾh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian spʾh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ćwáHdʰaH"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁",
        "pos": "dual"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌",
        "pos": "inf.",
        "t": "to swell, increase"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (sūidiiāi, “to swell, increase”, inf.)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xbc",
        "2": "σοδο",
        "t": "plenty",
        "ts": "sūdo"
      },
      "expansion": "Bactrian σοδο (sodo /⁠sūdo⁠/, “plenty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "tr": "swd",
        "ts": "sūd"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (swd /⁠sūd⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "शवस्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "strength, superiority"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, “strength, superiority”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian spʾh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual), from *ḱweh₁-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be great”). Possible cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (sūidiiāi, “to swell, increase”, inf.), Bactrian σοδο (sodo /⁠sūdo⁠/, “plenty”), Middle Persian [script needed] (swd /⁠sūd⁠/), [script needed] (swwd /⁠sūd⁠/, “profit, advantage”), Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, “strength, superiority”).",
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    {
      "form": "sepâh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "سپاهها",
      "roman": "sepâh-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "سپاهها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "sepâh-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "sepâh",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "سپاهها",
        "tr": "sepâh"
      },
      "expansion": "سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "army"
      ],
      "id": "en-سپاه-fa-noun-sv1c26Kx",
      "links": [
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لشکر"
        },
        {
          "word": "ارتش"
        },
        {
          "word": "اردو"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enqelâb-e eslâmi, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”",
          "word": "سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Iranian Persian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی (sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enqelâb-e eslâmi, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-سپاه-fa-noun-WKYWhtwF",
      "links": [
        [
          "سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی",
          "سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی#Persian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Iran) Short for سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی (sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enqelâb-e eslâmi, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[si.ˈpɑːh]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ.pʰɑ́ːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ.pʰɑ́ːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ.pʰɑ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[si.pʰɔ́ː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se.pʰɒ́ːʰ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[si.pʰɔ́ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "espâh",
      "word": "اسپاه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "espah",
      "word": "اسپه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sepah",
      "word": "سپه"
    }
  ],
  "word": "سپاه"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "sepâhi",
      "word": "سپاهی"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "سپاہ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "sipāh"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: سپاہ (sipāh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: سپاہ (sipāh)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "spʾh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian spʾh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ćwáHdʰaH"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁",
        "pos": "dual"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌",
        "pos": "inf.",
        "t": "to swell, increase"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (sūidiiāi, “to swell, increase”, inf.)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xbc",
        "2": "σοδο",
        "t": "plenty",
        "ts": "sūdo"
      },
      "expansion": "Bactrian σοδο (sodo /⁠sūdo⁠/, “plenty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "tr": "swd",
        "ts": "sūd"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (swd /⁠sūd⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "शवस्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "strength, superiority"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, “strength, superiority”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian spʾh / 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧 (spāh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ (dual), from *ḱweh₁-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be great”). Possible cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (sūidiiāi, “to swell, increase”, inf.), Bactrian σοδο (sodo /⁠sūdo⁠/, “plenty”), Middle Persian [script needed] (swd /⁠sūd⁠/), [script needed] (swwd /⁠sūd⁠/, “profit, advantage”), Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, “strength, superiority”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sepâh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "سپاهها",
      "roman": "sepâh-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "سپاهها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "sepâh-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "sepâh",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "سپاهها",
        "tr": "sepâh"
      },
      "expansion": "سپاه • (sepâh) (plural سپاهها (sepâh-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "army"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لشکر"
        },
        {
          "word": "ارتش"
        },
        {
          "word": "اردو"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enqelâb-e eslâmi, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”",
          "word": "سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Iranian Persian",
        "Persian short forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی (sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enqelâb-e eslâmi, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی",
          "سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی#Persian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Iran) Short for سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی (sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enqelâb-e eslâmi, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[si.ˈpɑːh]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ.pʰɑ́ːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ.pʰɑ́ːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ.pʰɑ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[si.pʰɔ́ː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se.pʰɒ́ːʰ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[si.pʰɔ́ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "espâh",
      "word": "اسپاه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "espah",
      "word": "اسپه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sepah",
      "word": "سپه"
    }
  ],
  "word": "سپاه"
}

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