teapoy

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hindi तिपाई (tipāī), Urdu تپائی (tipāi, “teapoy”), from a merger of Sanskrit त्रिपाद (tripāda, “tripod”) + Classical Persian سه پای (sih-pāy, “tripod”), with the spelling of the first element influenced by association with tea. Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”), the first element of त्रिपाद (tripāda), is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”); while Classical Persian پای (pây, “foot”), the second element of سه پای, is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”), from *ped- (“to step; to walk; to fall; to stumble”). Doublet of tripod and tripus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtiːpɔɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtiˌpɔɪ/ Rhymes: -iːpɔɪ Hyphenation: tea‧poy === Noun === teapoy (plural teapoys) (originally India) Originally, a three-legged decorative stand or table; now, especially, one with recesses for holding tea caddies and/or a tea service. [from 1820s] ==== Alternative forms ==== tepoy, tea-poy ==== Descendants ==== → Bengali: টিপাই (ṭipai) → Kannada: ಟೀಪಾಯಿ (ṭīpāyi) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== charpoy === Notes === === References === === Further reading === teapoy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia