कपि

See also: कोप, कापी, कृप्, and कृपा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कपि (kapi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.piː/, [kɐ.piː]

Noun

कपि • (kapi) m

1. monkey, ape

   Synonyms: बंदर (bandar), वानर (vānar), मर्कट (markaṭ)

Declension

Declension of कपि (masc i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कपि kapi	कपि kapi
oblique	कपि kapi	कपियों kapiyõ
vocative	कपि kapi	कपियो kapiyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कपि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 783
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “कपि”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 116
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कपि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 166

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kapi (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀧𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• কপি (Bengali script)
• කපි (Sinhalese script)
• ကပိ or ၵပိ (Burmese script)
• กปิ or กะปิ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨷᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ກປິ or ກະປິ (Lao script)
• កបិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄛𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

कपि m

1. Devanagari script form of kapi (“monkey”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কপি (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬧᬶ (Balinese script)
• কপি (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰢𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀧𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ကပိ (Burmese script)
• કપિ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਪਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌪𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦥꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂣𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಪಿ (Kannada script)
• កបិ (Khmer script)
• ກປິ (Lao script)
• കപി (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢒᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘢𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢒᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧂𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐥𑐶 (Newa script)
• କପି (Odia script)
• ꢒꢦꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆥𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖢𑖰 (Siddham script)
• කපි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩰𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚞𑚮 (Takri script)
• கபி (Tamil script)
• కపి (Telugu script)
• กปิ (Thai script)
• ཀ་པི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒣𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨞𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A foreign Wanderwort, likely borrowed from a western substrate. The same Wanderwort may be reflected in Hebrew קוֹף (qōf), Akkadian uqūpu, Egyptian gfj, Middle Persian [script needed] (kpyk' /⁠kabīg⁠/), Ancient Greek κῆπος (kêpos, “long-tailed monkey”), and Proto-Germanic *apô (“ape, monkey”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pi/

Noun

क॒पि • (kapí) stem, m

1. ape, monkey
2. elephant
3. Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
4. a species of the Indian beech tree
5. frankincense
6. sun
7. proper name of men
8. epithet of Vishnu or Krishna

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of कपि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कपिः (kapiḥ)	कपी (kapī)	कपयः (kapayaḥ)
accusative	कपिम् (kapim)	कपी (kapī)	कपीन् (kapīn)
instrumental	कपिना (kapinā) कप्या¹ (kapyā¹)	कपिभ्याम् (kapibhyām)	कपिभिः (kapibhiḥ)
dative	कपये (kapaye)	कपिभ्याम् (kapibhyām)	कपिभ्यः (kapibhyaḥ)
ablative	कपेः (kapeḥ) कप्यः¹ (kapyaḥ¹)	कपिभ्याम् (kapibhyām)	कपिभ्यः (kapibhyaḥ)
genitive	कपेः (kapeḥ) कप्यः¹ (kapyaḥ¹)	कप्योः (kapyoḥ)	कपीनाम् (kapīnām)
locative	कपौ (kapau) कपा¹ (kapā¹)	कप्योः (kapyoḥ)	कपिषु (kapiṣu)
vocative	कपे (kape)	कपी (kapī)	कपयः (kapayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: kapi
• → Kannada: ಕಪಿ (kapi)
• → Marathi: कपि (kapi)
• → Telugu: కపి (kapi)
• → Tulu: ಕಪಿ (kapi)

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “kapi”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.