کپی

See also: کتي and کتی

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French copie.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰo.pʰíː]

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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈpiː], [kap.ˈpiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.pʰíː], [kʰäp.pʰíː]

• (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]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.pʰí], [kʰäp.pʰí]

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]‎^[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.

     (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