کپی
Persian
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰo.pʰíː]
Readings | |
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Iranian reading? | kopi |
Noun
editکپی • (kopi)
Alternative forms
edit- کاپی (kâpi) (from English)
Derived terms
edit- کپی کردن (kopi kardan)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpyk' /kabīg/, “monkey”), from Sanskrit कपि (kapi, “ape, monkey”). Akin to Old Armenian կապիկ (kapik); an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ka.ˈpiː], [kap.ˈpiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæ.pʰíː], [kʰʲæp.pʰíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.pʰí], [kʰäp.pʰí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | kapī, kappī |
Dari reading? | kapī, kappī |
Iranian reading? | kapi, kappi |
Tajik reading? | kapi, kappi |
Noun
editکپی • (kapi or kappi)
- ape, monkey
- c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 171”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī][1]:
- 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.
- šērē ki pīl biškanad az bēm-i tēğ-i tu
Alternative forms
edit- کبی (kabi, kabbi)
References
edit- 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