teapoy
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teapoy
- /ˈtiːpɔɪ/ UK
- /ˈtiˌpɔɪ/ US
Rhymes with -iːpɔɪ
Where it comes from
PIE word
*tréyes
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, tripus, and tripos.
noun teapoys · tepoy · tea-poy
- Originally, a three-legged decorative stand or table; now, especially, one with recesses for holding tea caddies and/or a tea service. “They're like the teapoys in the Lakka Bazar — good material but not polished.”
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Talk about this word "teapoy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/teapoy. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. teapoy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/teapoy "teapoy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/teapoy.Cite this
@misc{teapoy_2026,
title = {teapoy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/teapoy},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
