کپیدن
Persian
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ka.piː.ˈðan]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæ.pʰiː.d̪ǽn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.pʰi.d̪ǽn]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | kapīḏan |
Dari reading? | kapīdan |
Iranian reading? | kapidan |
Tajik reading? | kapidan |
Etymology 1
editUncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kap- or perhaps related to Turkish kapmak.
Verb
editکپیدن • (kapidan) (present stem کپ (kap))
- to snatch, steal, seize
- 10th century, Abu-l-Qasim Hasan 'Unsurī Balkhī, فَرْهَنْگِ جَهَانْگِیرِی [farhang-i jahāngīrī]:
- در خون جگر بسی تپیدم
تا بوسهای از لبش کپیدم- dar xūn-i jigar ba-sī tapīdam
tā būsa-ē az labaš kapīdam - My heart beat for them, until I stole a kiss from their lips
- dar xūn-i jigar ba-sī tapīdam
- to take, pick up
Etymology 2
editVerb
editکپیدن • (kapidan) (present stem کپ (kap))
- (daevic) to sleep
Etymology 3
editRelated to کپه (koppe) (see there for further information), compare also Central Kurdish کۆپ (kop, “crest, peak, summit”), گەبە (gebe, “mumps”), and Arabic قبة, which is an Iranian borrowing.
Verb
editکپیدن • (kapidan) (present stem کپ (kap))
- to pile up
References
edit- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کپیدن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کپیدن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 136