کپی

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See also: کتي and کتی

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French copie.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? kopi

Noun

کپی • (kopi)

  1. copy (both the activity and the result)
    Synonym: رونوشت (runevešt)
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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

 

Readings
Classical reading? kapī, kappī
Dari reading? kapī, kappī
Iranian reading? kapi, kappi
Tajik reading? kapi, kappi

Noun

کپی • (kapi or kappi)

  1. 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.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
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
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