spahi

Etymology
From, from , from (> sepoy), from. .

Noun

 * 1)  An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system.
 * 2) * 2001, Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red, tr. Erdağ M Göknar
 * I hear that the great Sadiki Bey illustrated a copy of Strange Creatures, commissioned by an Uzbek spahi cavalryman, for only forty gold pieces.
 * 1)  A soldier in a mainly Arab-recruited cavalry (originally horse, later light armored) regiment in French colonial service in (former/ in name still) Ottoman North African provinces

Translations

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 * Macedonian: спахија

Etymology
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Noun

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