کپی

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)
Alternative forms
  • کاپی (kâpi) (from English)
Derived terms
  • کپی کردن (kopi kardan)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpyk' /⁠kabīg⁠/, monkey), from Sanskrit कपि (kapi, ape, monkey). Akin to Old Armenian կապիկ (kapik); an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.pʰíː], [kʰäp.pʰíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰä.pʰíː], [kʰäp.pʰíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰä.pʰí], [kʰäp.pʰí]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæ.pʰíː], [kʰʲæp.pʰíː]

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
  • کبی (kabi, kabbi)

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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