کپی

See also: کتي

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian kpyk' (kabīg, “monkey”), from Sanskrit कपि (kapi, “ape, monkey”). Akin to Old Armenian կապիկ (kapik); an Iranian borrowing.

Alternative forms

• کبی (kabi, kabbi)

Noun

کپی • (kapi, kappi)

1. ape, monkey

Etymology 2

From French copie.

Noun

کپی • (kopi)

1. copy (result of copying; an identical duplication)

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