कपि

See also: कोप, कापी, कृप्, and कृपा

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): /ˈkɐ.pi/

Noun

कपि • (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 (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

• Pali: kapi

Further reading

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