SEPOY  , the usual See also:

• ENGLISH

English spelling of sipahi, the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian and See also:

• URDU

Urdu See also:

• TERM

term for a soldier of any See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, cf. spahi . The word sipah, " See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army," from which sipahi, " soldier," is derived, corresponds to the Zend cpadha, Old Persian 4pada, and has also found a See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish, Kurdish and Pashto (See also:

• PUSHTU

Pushtu) See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages (see Justi, Handbuch der Zendsprache, p . 303, 6), while its derivative is used in all See also:

• INDIAN

Indian vernaculars, including Tamil and Burmese, to denote a native soldier, in contradistinction to gora, " a See also:

• FAIR

fair-complexioned (See also:

• EUROPEAN

European) soldier." A sepoy is at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day strictly a private soldier in the native See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry of the Indian army .