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Where does “կապայ” come from?
կապայ (Middle Armenian) comes from Arabic قَبَاء, from Middle Persian kpʾh — garment, cloak.
Ancestry of “կապայ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
قَبَاء
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2
Middle Persian
kpʾh
garment, cloak
Words derived from “կապայ”
կապա
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