sipahsalar

sipahsalar

English

Alternative forms

• ispahsalar

Etymology

From Persian سپهسالار‎ (sepahsâlâr), اسپهسالار‎ (espahsâlâr), from Middle Persian 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭‎ (spāh-sālār).

Noun

sipahsalar (plural sipahsalars)

1. A title given to commanders in chief and general officers in the armies of many states of the medieval Islamic world.

Translations

a title

Arabic: إِسْفَهْسَلَار‎ (ʾisfahsalār), إِصْبَهْسَلَار‎ (ʾiṣbahsalār) Georgian: სპასალარი (sṗasalari) Ottoman Turkish: سپاهسالار‎ (sipâhsâlâr) Persian: سپهسالار‎ (fa) (sepahsâlâr)

Tajik: сипаҳсолор (sipahsolor) Urdu: سپهسالار‎ (sipahsālār) Uzbek: sipohsolor (uz)