کپیدن

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.piː.ˈðan]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.pʰiː.d̪ǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.pʰiː.d̪ǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.pʰi.d̪ǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.pʰiː.d̪ǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.pʰi.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kapīḏan
Dari reading^?	kapīdan
Iranian reading^?	kapidan
Tajik reading^?	kapidan

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.

Verb

کپیدن • (kapidan) (present stem کپ (kap))

to snatch, steal, seize
- 10th century, Unsuri, Farhang-e Jahângiri
  در خون جگر بسی تپیدم
  تا بوسه‌ای از لبش کپیدم
  dar xôn-î jagar basî tapidam
  tâ bûsa-ê az lab-aš kapidam
to take, pick up

Verb

کپیدن • (kapidan) (present stem کپ (kap))

(daevic) to sleep

Etymology 3

Related to کپه (koppe) (see there for further information), compare also Central Kurdish کۆپ (kop, “crest, peak, summit”), گەبە (gebe, “mumps”), and Arabic قبة, which is an Iranian borrowing.

Verb

کپیدن • (kapidan) (present stem کپ (kap))

to pile up

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کپیدن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کپیدن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 136

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