Spahić

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Spahić (IPA: [ˈspaxitɕ]) or Spahic/Spahich is a Bosnian surname. It is derived from the Turkish term sipahi (from Persian: سپاهی (sepāhī) with the meaning "soldier") for a cavalryman by adding the South Slavic surname forming suffix -ić.

LanguagesBosnian and Croatian via Turkish from Persian
Meaningdescendant of a sipahi/cavalryman
Region of originBosnia and Herzegovina
Variant formsSpahic, Spahich
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Spahić
Origin
LanguagesBosnian and Croatian via Turkish from Persian
Meaningdescendant of a sipahi/cavalryman
Region of originBosnia and Herzegovina
Other names
Variant formsSpahic, Spahich
See alsoSpahija, Spahia, Sipahioğlu, Spaho
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