Definitions For Sepoy

Noun

SEPOY (plural SEPOYs) (historical) A native soldier of the east indies, employed in the service of a european colonial power, notably the british india army (first under the British-chartered {{w, East India Company}}, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal.

Translations

Catalan: sipai, m Dutch: sepoy, m, sipoy, m French: cipaye, m German: Sepoy, m Hungarian: szipoj Indonesian: sipahi Italian: sepoy, m Macedonian: сепој, m Portuguese: cipaio, m, sipaio, m Spanish: cipayo, m Telugu: సిపాయి

Descendants

{{desc, zh, 印度兵, bor=1}} {{desc, nl, sepoy, bor=1}}, {{l, nl, sipoy}} {{desc, id, sepoy, bor=1}} {{desc, de, Sepoy, bor=1}} {{desc, it, sepoy, bor=1}} {{desc, sv, sepoy, bor=1}} {{desc, fi, sepoy, bor=1}} {{desc, tr, sepoy, bor=1}}

Etymology

From {{bor, en, pt, sipae}}, from {{der, en, ur, سپاہی, tr=sipāhī}}/{{der, en, hi, सिपाही}}, from {{der, en, fa, سپاهی, tr=sepâhi, , soldier, horseman}}, from سپاه, tr=sepâh, , army{{R:Online_Etymology_Dictionary}}. {{doublet, en, spahi}}.