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Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French copie.
Pronunciation
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kopi
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Noun
کپی • (kopi)
- copy (both the activity and the result)
- Synonym: رونوشت (runevešt)
Alternative forms
- کاپی (kâpi) (from English)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle Persian (kpyk' /kabīg/, “monkey”), from Sanskrit कपि (kapi, “ape, monkey”). Akin to Old Armenian կապիկ (kapik); an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
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kapī, kappī
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kapī, kappī
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kapi, kappi
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kapi, kappi
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Noun
کپی • (kapi or kappi)
- ape, monkey
- Synonyms: میمون (meymun), بوزینه (buzine)
c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 171”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]:شیری که پیل بشکند از بیم تیغ تو
اندر ولایت تو چو کپی رود ستان- šērē ki pīl biškanad az bēm-i tēğ-i tu
andar wilāyat-i tu čū kappī rawad sitān - Out of fear for your blade, the lion that brings down elephants
Walks feebly like the monkey in your domain.
Alternative forms
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کپی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kabīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press