qapik

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A monetary unit of Azerbaijan; one hundred qapiks make one manat.

   Grammar: Countable; plural is qapiks. Used with numbers: 50 qapiks.

   Patterns

   • one qapik
   • 50 qapiks
   • in qapiks

   The bread costs 60 qapiks.

   She gave the child a few qapiks to buy sweets.

   The price was written in manats and qapiks.

2. 2nouncountable

   A coin of this value.

   Grammar: Countable; refers to the physical coin.

   Patterns

   • a qapik coin
   • collect qapiks

   He dropped a qapik on the ground.

   The old man kept a jar of qapiks.

Word forms

Common combinations

in qapiks

The change was given in qapiks.

a few qapiks

I only have a few qapiks left.

qapik coin

She found a qapik coin in her pocket.

worth of qapiks

He exchanged a manat for a hundred qapiks.

Synonyms and how they differ

cent

Use cent for the subunit of many currencies, like the dollar or euro; qapik is only for Azerbaijan.

penny

Penny is a British coin; qapik is specific to Azerbaijan.

Word family

manat noun

The main currency of Azerbaijan, made of 100 qapiks.

Commonly confused: qapik or qepik?

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