սպայ

• սպահ (spah)

From Middle Persian *spʾd (*spāy), from Old Persian *𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (*spāda-), borrowed from Old Median *spāda- (“army”), from Proto-Iranian *ćwáHdaH.

սպայ • (spay)

1. army, troops, warriors, cavalry

• Armenian: սպա (spa)

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