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)

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]
- (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)

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 tēġ-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