kopek

See also köpek, and köpək

English

Alternative forms

• copeck
• kopeck
• kopeyka

Etymology

From Russian копейка, from копьё (“spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478).

Noun

kopek (plural kopeks)

1. A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.
2. Same as kopiyka, a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.

Usage notes

Kopek is the favored spelling used by the Moscow Times, whereas some English dictionaries prefer kopeck.

Translations

one-hundredth of a ruble

• Arabic: كوپك (ar) (kupiik) m, كوبيك (ar) (kubiik) m
• Armenian: կոպեկ (hy) (kopek)
• Belarusian: капейка (be) (kapéjka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戈比 (cmn) (gēbǐ)

• Esperanto: kopeko (eo)
• Estonian: kopikas (et)
• Finnish: kopeekka (fi)
• German: Kopeke (de) f
• Italian: copeco (it) m

• Japanese: コペイカ (ja) (kopeika)
• Korean: 코페이카 (ko) (kopeika)
• Persian: کوپک (fa)
• Polish: kopiejka (pl) f
• Portuguese: copeque (pt) m
• Romanian: copeică (ro) f
• Russian: копейка (ru) (kopéjka) f
• Turkish: kopek (tr)
• Ukrainian: копійка (uk) (kopíjka) f
• Volapük: kopek (vo)

See also

• kopiyka