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copyist

Syllables: copy·ist/ˈkɒpiɪst/US/ˈkɑpiɪst/

copyist noun: a person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.

Noun

copyist (plural copyists)

  1. A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.

copyist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

copyist in Hindi

copyist
कातिब kātib

copyist in Tamil

படி எடுப்பவர், படியெடுப்பவர்

copyist in Urdu

copyist
کاتب kātib

copyist in Kannada

ಪ್ರತಿ ಮಾಡುವವನು, ನಕಲುದಾರ

Forms of copyist

pluralcopyists

Origin of copyist

From copy + -ist.

Words formed from copyist

Questions about copyist

What does copyist mean?
Copyist means a person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.
What is copyist in Hindi?
Copyist in Hindi is कातिब (kātib). See Copyist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is copyist?
Copyist is a noun.
How do you pronounce copyist?
Copyist is pronounced /ˈkɑpiɪst/ (US).
What is the plural of copyist?
The plural of copyist is copyists.

Words near copyist in the dictionary

  1. copying press
  2. copying presses
  3. copyings
  4. copyism
  5. copyisms
  6. copyist
  7. copyists
  8. copyleft
  9. copyleft symbol
  10. copyleft symbols
  11. copylefted

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: copyist (page history and authors); कातिब (Hindi) (page history and authors); copyist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کاتب (Urdu) (page history and authors); copyist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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