कवी

See also: कवि

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.ʋiː/, [kɐ.ʋiː]

Noun

कवी • (kavī) f (Urdu spelling کوی)

1. poetess

Declension

Declension of कवी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कवी kavī	कवियाँ kaviyā̃
oblique	कवी kavī	कवियों kaviyõ
vocative	कवी kavī	कवियो kaviyo

Marathi

पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): कवी m (kavī)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): कवयित्री f (kavyitrī)

Etymology

From Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.ʋi/, [kə.ʋiː]

Noun

कवी • (kavī) m

1. poet

Declension

Declension of कवी (masc ī-stem)
direct singular	कवी kavī
direct plural	कवी kavī
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	कवी kavī		कवी kavī
oblique सामान्यरूप	कवी kavī		कवीं- kavīn-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	कवीला kavīlā		कवींना kavīnnā
ergative	कवीने, कवीनं kavīne, kavīna		कवींनी kavīnnī
instrumental	कवीशी kavīśī		कवींशी kavīnśī
locative सप्तमी	कवीत kavīt		कवींत kavīt
vocative संबोधन	कवी kavī		कवींनो kavīnno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of कवी (masc ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	कवीचा kavīċā	कवीचे kavīċe	कवीची kavīcī	कवीच्या kavīcā	कवीचे, कवीचं kavīċe, kavīċa	कवीची kavīcī	कवीच्या kavīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	कवींचा kavīnċā	कवींचे kavīnċe	कवींची kavīñcī	कवींच्या kavīncā	कवींचे, कवींचं kavīnċe, kavīnċa	कवींची kavīñcī	कवींच्या kavīñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

• शाहीर (śāhīr)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कवी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कवी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “कवी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kavī (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• কৰী (Bengali script)
• කවී (Sinhalese script)
• ကဝီ or ကဝဳ or ၵဝီ (Burmese script)
• กวี or กะวี (Thai script)
• ᨠᩅᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ກວີ or ກະວີ (Lao script)
• កវី (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑅇𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Noun

कवी

1. Devanagari script form of kavī, nominative/vocative/accusative plural of कवि (kavi, “poet”)

Etymology 2

Noun

कवी

1. Devanagari script form of kavī, nominative/vocative/accusative plural of कवि (kavi, “monkey”)