կապիկ

Armenian

կապիկ

Etymology

From Old Armenian կապիկ (kapik).

Pronunciation

Noun

կապիկ • (kapik)

  1. monkey; ape
    Synonym: (dialectal) մեյմուն (meymun)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *kapīk (monkey). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (kpyk' /⁠kabīg⁠/, monkey), Persian کپی (kapi). Ultimately from Sanskrit कपि (kapí, monkey).

Noun

կապիկ • (kapik)

  1. monkey; ape

Declension

Derived terms

  • առիւծակապիկ (aṙiwcakapik)
  • ձիակապիկ (jiakapik)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կապիկ (kapik)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կապիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կապիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1055b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կապիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kabīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 47
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