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Spahi vs Shahi - What's the difference?

spahi | shahi |

As nouns the difference between spahi and shahi

is that spahi is (history) an ottoman (turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system while shahi is a former currency unit of iran, worth one twentieth of a qiran.

spahi

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (history) An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system.
  • * 2001 , Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red , tr. Erda? 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.
  • (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

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    shahi

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A former currency unit of Iran, worth one twentieth of a qiran.