5 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
originFrom French spahi, from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Classical Persian سِپَاهِی (sipāhī, “horseman, soldier”) (> sepoy), from سِپَاه (sipāh, “army”). Doublet of sepoy and sipahi.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0