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Where does “سپائی” come from?

سپائی (Baluchi) comes from Persian سپاهی, from Persian سپاه, from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁.

سپائی (Baluchi): soldier

Definitions

  1. soldier

Ancestry of “سپائی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسپاهیsoldier; cavalryman; sepoy
2Persianسپاهarmy
3Proto-Iranian*cwáHdah—
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwáHdʰaH—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ →