कपि

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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कपि m

  1. Devanagari script form of kapi (monkey)

Sanskrit

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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कपि (kapi) stemm

  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

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Masculine i-stem declension of कपि (kapi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कपिः
kapiḥ
कपी
kapī
कपयः
kapayaḥ
Vocative कपे
kape
कपी
kapī
कपयः
kapayaḥ
Accusative कपिम्
kapim
कपी
kapī
कपीन्
kapīn
Instrumental कपिना / कप्या¹
kapinā / kapyā¹
कपिभ्याम्
kapibhyām
कपिभिः
kapibhiḥ
Dative कपये
kapaye
कपिभ्याम्
kapibhyām
कपिभ्यः
kapibhyaḥ
Ablative कपेः / कप्यः¹
kapeḥ / kapyaḥ¹
कपिभ्याम्
kapibhyām
कपिभ्यः
kapibhyaḥ
Genitive कपेः / कप्यः¹
kapeḥ / kapyaḥ¹
कप्योः
kapyoḥ
कपीनाम्
kapīnām
Locative कपौ / कपा¹
kapau / kapā¹
कप्योः
kapyoḥ
कपिषु
kapiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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  • Pali: kapi

Further reading

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  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “kapi”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.