कपि

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See also: कोप, कापी, कृप्, and कृपा

Pali

Alternative forms

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

Most likely originating from Proto-Indo-European *k^wepɛí. It is a Wanderwort, Compare 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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pí/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pi/

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

Masculine i-stem declension of कपि
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कपिः (kapiḥ)	कपी (kapī)	कपयः (kapayaḥ)
accusative	कपिम् (kapim)	कपी (kapī)	कपीन् (kapīn)
instrumental	कपिना (kapinā) कप्या¹ (kapyā¹)	कपिभ्याम् (kapibhyām)	कपिभिः (kapibhiḥ)
dative	कपये (kapaye)	कपिभ्याम् (kapibhyām)	कपिभ्यः (kapibhyaḥ)
ablative	कपेः (kapeḥ) कप्यः¹ (kapyaḥ¹)	कपिभ्याम् (kapibhyām)	कपिभ्यः (kapibhyaḥ)
genitive	कपेः (kapeḥ) कप्यः¹ (kapyaḥ¹)	कप्योः (kapyoḥ)	कपीनाम् (kapīnām)
locative	कपौ (kapau) कपा¹ (kapā¹)	कप्योः (kapyoḥ)	कपिषु (kapiṣu)
vocative	कपे (kape)	कपी (kapī)	कपयः (kapayaḥ)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: kapi
→ Kannada: ಕಪಿ (kapi)
→ Marathi: कपि (kapi)
→ Tulu: ಕಪಿ (kapi)

Further reading

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “kapi”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.

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