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
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