کپک

See also: کبک and کپگ

Persian

Etymology 1

A Turkic borrowing.[1] Compare Azerbaijani kəpək.

Noun

کپک • (kapak)

  1. (rare) bran

Etymology 2

From earlier کفک (kafak, literally “foam, fluff, fuzzy thing”). Generally, mushrooms are equated with fluffy matters.[2]

Noun

کپک • (kapak)

  1. mold / mould (woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Russian копе́йка (kopéjka).

Noun

کپک • (kopek)

  1. kopek (a Russian monetary unit)

References
  1. Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎ (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 579–580
  2. Asatrian, Garnik (2020) “Classical New Persian samārō/ūγ ‘mushroom’”, in Iran & the Caucasus‎, volume 24, number 4, →DOI, pages 419–422
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