spahi

spahi englanniksi

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

2. 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.

3. 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

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