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Persian
Etymology 1
A Turkic borrowing. Compare Azerbaijani kəpək.
Noun
کپک • (kapak)
- (rare) bran
Etymology 2
From earlier کفک (kafak, literally “foam, fluff, fuzzy thing”). Generally, mushrooms are equated with fluffy matters.
Noun
کپک • (kapak)
- mold / mould (woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Russian копе́йка (kopéjka).
Noun
کپک • (kopek)
- kopek (a Russian monetary unit)
References
- ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission) (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 579–580
- ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2020) “Classical New Persian samārō/ūγ ‘mushroom’”, in Iran & the Caucasus, volume 24, number 4, →DOI, pages 419–422