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Meaning of "spahi" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPAHI

From Old French, from Turkish sipahi, from Persian sipāhī soldier.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPAHI

spahi  [ˈspɑːhiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPAHI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spahi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPAHI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

spahi

Spahi

Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The modern French Army retains one regiment of Spahis as an armoured unit, with personnel now recruited in mainland France. Senegal also maintains a mounted unit with spahi origins as a presidential escort: the Red Guard.

Definition of spahi in the English dictionary

The definition of spahi in the dictionary is an irregular cavalryman in the Turkish armed forces. Other definition of spahi is a member of a body of native Algerian cavalrymen in the French armed forces: disbanded after Algerian independence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPAHI


ahi
ˈɑːhiː
bahuvrihi
ˌbɑːhuːˈvriːhiː
bohea
bəʊˈhiː
he
hiː
he-he
ˈhiːˈhiː
hee-hee
hɪˈhiː
kamahi
ˈkɑːmɑːhiː
karuhiruhi
kɑːruːhiːruːhiː
kokowai
ˈkɒkɒˌwɑːhiː
mokihi
ˈmɒkiːhiː
pakahi
ˈpɑːkəhiː
pakihi
ˈpɑːkiːhiː
satyagrahi
ˈsʌtjəˌɡrʌhiː
spahee
ˈspɑːhiː
takahe
ˈtɑːkəˌhiː
tarakihi
ˈtærəˌkiːhiː
te-hee
ˈtiːˈhiː
tee-hee
ˈtiːˈhiː
terakihi
ˌtɛrəˈkiːhiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPAHI

spaghetti junction
spaghetti western
spaghettilike
spaghettini
spagirist
spagyric
spagyrical
spagyrically
spagyrist
spahee
Spain
spake
Spalato
spaldeen
Spalding
spall
Spallanzani
spallation
spaller
spalpeen

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPAHI

Bangladeshi
chi
chichi
Delhi
Delphi
Gandhi
gnocchi
hi
Hitachi
Karachi
Kochi
mahi-mahi
Marathi
mariachi
New Delhi
phi
Ranchi
Sindhi
Sochi
sushi

Synonyms and antonyms of spahi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spahi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPAHI

Find out the translation of spahi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spahi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spahi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

spahi
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spahi
570 millions of speakers

English

spahi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spahi
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spahi
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Spahi
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spahi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spagyrist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spahi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spagyrist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spahi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spahi
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spahi
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spagyrist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spahi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spagyrist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पगरिस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spagyrist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spahi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Spahi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Spahi
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spahi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Spahi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spahi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Spahi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Spahi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spahi

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPAHI»

The term «spahi» is normally little used and occupies the 108.694 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPAHI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spahi» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spahi» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spahi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPAHI»

Discover the use of spahi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spahi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Between Two Opinions: Or, the Romance of a Spahi
A lost classic of byronic fiction, this beguiling novel will delight readers seeking a transporting literary experience.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Loti's Egypt.French writer LOUIS MARIE JULIEN VIAUD (1850-1923), aka Pierre Loti, ...
Pierre Loti, 2005
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Plays by George Colman the Younger and Thomas Morton: Inkle ...
Rub, dub, dub. lst SPAHI: Selim tarries long. 2nd SPAHI: Disappointed love is a heavy luggage, and he who travels with it generally proceeds slowly. 3rd SPAHI: Not when the hope of redress is packed up with his disappointments.
George Colman, Barry Sutcliffe, 1983
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In Love with a Handsome Sailor: The Emergence of Gay ...
Unlike his first two novels, Viaud's The Story of a Spahi (1881) does not feature the character Harry Grant/Loti, nor does it depict its protagonist, French spahi Jean Peyral, as involved in any sort of homoerotic relationship. Even more than the ...
Richard M. Berrong, 2003
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Croatia 2: Ludwig Von Gaj Opposes Croatia's Hungarian Heritage
knez Aleksa spahi Borko voivoda Branic voivoda Damjan voivoda Branic voivoda Damjan knez and voivoda Dragoj knez Marko knez Milan knez Nikola knez Nikolin knez Ognjen knez Pavko knez Pavle Plavisic knez Petar Stepanovic spahi ...
Ivo Vukcevich, 2013
5
Spahi
The modern French Army retains one regiment of Spahis as an armoured unit, with personnel now recruited in mainland France. Senegal also maintains a spahi regiment as a presidential escort, the Red Guard.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
6
Black Venus: Sexualized Savages, Primal Fears, and Primitive ...
some spahi, Jean Peyral. As an import from the picturesque village of Cevennes in France, Jean Peyral's "pure white[ness]" (8), and we are assured of his purity by Loti, has already been soiled. Handsome though he is, his face and chest ...
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, 1999
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Writing Marginality in Modern French Literature: From Loti ...
Not unexpectedly, the journey is the prelude to the spahi's death. The equating of Africa with the primitive forces of sexuality and death is confirmed as the spahi anticipates his love encounter with the black girl Fatou, who is later to bear his ...
Edward J. Hughes, 2001
8
I raggvagli di Parnasso: or, Advertisements from Parnassus: ...
rited as much, as the Spain was so ingratefully de3lt.witha.lj, as^e Wffru)^ ly made Spahi dtlU ?cria h which fowle paniallity t as Ib much. deleted by the whole MiUjia of Janifar.es , as they had jointly taken up Arrositp revenge so great ao injury.
Traiano Boccalini, 1656
9
A Voyage into the Levant
The Spahi's in Pay are divided into several St'andards, the principal of which are the Yellow and the Red: those who have no Pay, are of two sorts, the Kaimr and the Timarz'otr. T H E Spahi's in Pay, are taken' from among the Ichoglans and ...
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, 2014
10
kendime englisht-shqip or albanian-english reader
.THE SPAHI by Mr Tahsin Dylgjeri Once there was a Spahi, and he had three daughters. Next door to his house he had a King who could not speak, because jinns had taken possession of him. This King asked to marry the Spahi's eldest ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPAHI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spahi is used in the context of the following news items.
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Speak Of The Sons Of The Devil - OSSM Comics And Brian …
Omar Spahi, the founder and President of OSSM Comics and Buccellato took some time to sit down with me and talk about their relationship, Sons of the Devil, ... «Bleeding Cool News, May 15»
2
OSSM Comics Follows Xenoglyphs With Separators - Talking With …
Omar Spahi returns to comics with a follow up to his first series Xenoglyphs from OSSM Comics. You might remember Spahi from his series that wrapped up a ... «Bleeding Cool News, Nov 14»
3
Un jeune Spahi de Valence meurt dans un accident de la route
Un Spahi du 1er Régiment de Valence est mort samedi matin dans un accident de la route. Avec deux autres soldats, ils revenaient d'un entraînement dans le ... «France Bleu, Nov 14»
4
The Bleed Episode # 3: James Asmus & Omar Spahi Join Us For …
The Bleed is a weekly book club by Bleeding Cool contributors David Dissanayake and Joseph Schmidt. The group meets every Wednesday on Google ... «Bleeding Cool News, Sep 14»
5
Making jam: Still life with flavour
MONTREAL — Suzanne Spahi is a Montreal artist whose richly textured mosaics shimmer with light and burst with colour, their patterns evocative of a souk. «Montreal Gazette, Aug 14»
6
ADVANCE REVIEW! Thaniel #4
Omar Spahi produces a thoroughly gripping script as though it may not be the most exciting in the four issue series it is the most suspenseful. Seldom do you get ... «Unleash The Fanboy, Jun 14»
7
ADVANCE REVIEW! Thaniel #3
Omar Spahi does a wonderful job of taking our main character Thaniel and screwing with his mind. He does this by allowing the anti-hero to meet his father, ... «Unleash The Fanboy, May 14»
8
Talking With Brian Buccellato About His Sons Of The Devil Comic …
As far as the short film, I wrote it and will be directing it, with Juan Vazquez and Omar Spahi (of OSSM) producing. We are all good friends and have been ... «Bleeding Cool News, May 14»
9
Ivan har rødder i Irak: En ære at være med i Grand Prix
Team Basim: Ivan Spahi begyndte at danse hip-hop sammen med sin bror i ... Hvis han ikke selv stod på scenen, så ville danser Ivan Spahi sidde hjemme foran ... «DR, Apr 14»
10
Thaniel Arrives This Week Featuring The Son Of Death - Plus A …
From the mind of Omar Spahi with the imaginative artistic style of Terry Huddleston, Thaniel tells the story of the son of death and his ironic journey through life. «Bleeding Cool News, Apr 14»

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