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sipahsalar

Today it means: A title given to commanders-in-chief and general officers in the armies of many states of the medieval Islamic world. Full definition →

Classical Persian سِپَهْسَالَار ← Middle Persian 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭

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Middle Persian · derived from𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭
Classical Persian · derived fromسِپَهْسَالَار
English todaysipahsalar

From Classical Persian سِپَهْسَالَار (sipahsālār), اِسْپَهْسَالَار (ispahsālār), from Middle Persian 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 (spāh-sālār).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.