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Is spahi a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spahi is a Scrabble US word. The word spahi is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is spahi a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spahi is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1P3A1H4I1

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5-letter words (3 found)

APHIS,APISH,SPAHI,

4-letter words (11 found)

AHIS,HAPS,HASP,HIPS,PAHS,PAIS,PASH,PHIS,PIAS,PISH,SHIP,

3-letter words (21 found)

AHI,AHS,AIS,ASH,ASP,HAP,HAS,HIP,HIS,ISH,PAH,PAS,PHI,PIA,PIS,PSI,SAI,SAP,SHA,SIP,SPA,

2-letter words (10 found)

AH,AI,AS,HA,HI,IS,PA,PI,SH,SI,

You can make 45 words from spahi according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spahi

spahi psahi saphi asphi pashi apshi sphai pshai shpai hspai phsai hpsai sahpi ashpi shapi hsapi ahspi haspi pahsi aphsi phasi hpasi ahpsi hapsi spaih psaih sapih aspih pasih apsih spiah psiah sipah ispah pisah ipsah saiph asiph siaph isaph aisph iasph paish apish piash ipash aipsh iapsh sphia pshia shpia hspia phsia hpsia spiha psiha sipha ispha pisha ipsha shipa hsipa sihpa ishpa hispa ihspa phisa hpisa pihsa iphsa hipsa ihpsa sahip aship shaip hsaip ahsip hasip saihp asihp siahp isahp aishp iashp shiap hsiap sihap ishap hisap ihsap ahisp haisp aihsp iahsp hiasp ihasp pahis aphis phais hpais ahpis hapis paihs apihs piahs ipahs aiphs iaphs phias hpias pihas iphas hipas ihpas ahips haips aihps iahps hiaps ihaps

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Definitions and meaning of spahi

spahi

Etymology

From French spahi, from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”) (> sepoy), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”). Doublet of sepoy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɑːhiː/

Noun

spahi (plural spahis)

  1. (history) An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system.
    • 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.
  2. (history) 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

Related terms

  • sepoy
  • sipahi

Translations

Anagrams

  • Saiph, aphis, apish, aship, pahis

Dutch

Etymology

From French spahi, from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”) (> English sepoy), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: spa‧hi

Noun

spahi m (plural spahi's, diminutive spahietje n)

  1. A spahi

Related terms

  • sepoy m

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish sipahi, from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spa.i/

Noun

spahi m (plural spahis)

  1. spahi

Related terms

  • cipaye m

Descendants

  • → Dutch: spahi
  • → English: spahi
  • → Russian: спаги́ (spagí), спаг (spag)

Further reading

  • “spahi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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