different between qapik vs qepik

English

Alternative forms

• gapik
• (less common) qepik, gopik, gyapik

Etymology

From Azerbaijani q?pik.

Pronunciation

Noun

qapik (plural qapiks or qapik)

1. A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of an Azerbaijani manat.
   • 2006, Howard M. Berlin, World Monetary Units: An Historical Dictionary, page 17:

     In 1992 it reformed its system and introduced the manat (also spelled man'at), equal to 10 rubles, and divisible into 100 qapik (also qepiq). According to Islamic lore, Manat was the daughter of Allah.

   • 2010, Warman's World Coins Field Guide: Values & Identification, page 207:

     European coins

     Azerbaijan

     1992 10 Qapik, eight-pointed star (AL)

     1993 20 Qapik, crescent and star (AL)

     1996 50 Manat, Mohammed Fuzuli (S)

   • 2012, Azerbaijan Export Catalogue (2012), page 10:

     1 manat = 100 qapik

   • 2013, Discover Bosnia, page 88, section From the Airport, subsection Azerbaijan:

     Bus 116 runs every 30 minutes, […] The fare is 30 qapik (€0.30).

   • 2014 June 2, Caucasian Business Week, 56, page 11:

     […] and reach all destinations for 5 qapiks per minute.

   • 2014, Re-Membering Karabakh, page 343:

     It is subdivided into 100 qapik.

Translations

Anagrams

• aqpik

English

Noun

qepik (plural qepik)

1. Alternative spelling of qapik
   • 2000, Martyn Bramwell, Northern and Western Asia ?ISBN, page 37:

     Azerbaijan

     […]

     Capital: Baku

     Language: Azeri Turkish

     Currency: Azeri manat (100 qepik)

   • 2007, The Corruption Notebooks 2006 ?ISBN, page 25:

     Prices paid under the contract were 10 times higher than market rates: Lamps that cost 0.22 qepik (US$0.25) at any Baku shop were purchased for about 4 manat (US$5).

   • 2011, Mursal, a farmer quoted in the Oxfam in Azerbaijan Annual Report 2011:

     I spent 1000 Manats and sold the onions to the middlemen for 30 qepik per kilo but after one week the prices changed again and I calculated that I lost a lot of money.