कपि

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 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

Etymology

Probably from an unidentified non-Indo-European language of regions in Africa or Asia where monkeys are native. The same wanderwort may be reflected in Hebrew קוֹף‎ (qōf), Akkadian uqūpu, Egyptian gfj, Middle Persian [script needed] (kpyk' /⁠kabīg⁠/), English ape, all meaning “monkey, ape”, and Ancient Greek κῆπος (kêpos, “long-tailed monkey”).

Pronunciation

Noun

कपि • (kapi) 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 / कप्ये²
kapaye / kapye²		 कपिभ्याम्
kapibhyām		 कपिभ्यः
kapibhyaḥ
Ablative कपेः / कप्यः²
kapeḥ / kapyaḥ²		 कपिभ्याम्
kapibhyām		 कपिभ्यः
kapibhyaḥ
Genitive कपेः / कप्यः²
kapeḥ / kapyaḥ²		 कप्योः
kapyoḥ		 कपीनाम्
kapīnām
Locative कपौ
kapau		 कप्योः
kapyoḥ		 कपिषु
kapiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Less common

Descendants
  • Pali: kapi

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