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Pali
Alternative scripts
- kapi (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀧𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- কপি (Bengali script)
- කපි (Sinhalese script)
- ကပိ or ၵပိ (Burmese script)
- กปิ or กะปิ (Thai script)
- ᨠᨷᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ກປິ or ກະປິ (Lao script)
- កបិ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄛𑄨 (Chakma script)
Noun
कपि m
- Devanagari script form of kapi (“monkey”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কপি (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬧᬶ (Balinese script)
- কপি (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰢𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀧𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ကပိ (Burmese script)
- કપિ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਪਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌪𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦥꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂣𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಪಿ (Kannada script)
- កបិ (Khmer script)
- ກປິ (Lao script)
- കപി (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᢒᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘢𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢒᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧂𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐥𑐶 (Newa script)
- କପି (Odia script)
- ꢒꢦꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆥𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖢𑖰 (Siddham script)
- කපි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩰𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚞𑚮 (Takri script)
- கபி (Tamil script)
- కపి (Telugu script)
- กปิ (Thai script)
- ཀ་པི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒣𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨞𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
A foreign Wanderwort, likely borrowed from a western substrate. The same Wanderwort may be reflected in Hebrew קוֹף (qōf), Akkadian uqūpu, Egyptian gfj, Middle Persian (kpyk' /kabīg/), Ancient Greek κῆπος (kêpos, “long-tailed monkey”), and Proto-Germanic *apô (“ape, monkey”).
Pronunciation
Noun
कपि • (kapí) stem, m
- ape, monkey
- elephant
- Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
- a species of the Indian beech tree
- frankincense
- sun
- proper name of men
- epithet of Vishnu or Krishna
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “kapi”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.