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  ۱) پچن؛ ۲) پچنیدن  
1) pacen (#); 2) pacenidan
Fr.: 1) copie; 2) copier  
  1. A reproduction, imitation; a thing made to be like another.

2a) To make a reproduction or copy (of).

2b) Computers: Reproduce (data stored in one location) in another location.

Etymology (EN): M.E. copie, from O.Fr. copie, from M.L. copia “reproduction, transcript,” from L. copia “plenty,” from → com- “with” + ops “power, wealth.”

Etymology (PE): Pacen, from Mid.Pers. pacên “copy,” ultimately from Proto-Ir. *pati-cak- “strike against, beat through,” i.e. “stamp;” from *pati- + *cak- “to strike;” compare with Ger. Durchschlag “copy” literally “striking through;” related to câk “fissure.”