# कवि
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कवि (kaví).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kə.ʋiː/, [kɐ.ʋiː]

### Noun

कवि • (kavi) m (feminine कवयित्री)
* poet

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

From Old Marathi 𑘎𑘪𑘱 (kavi), from Sanskrit कवि (kaví).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kə.ʋi/, [kə.ʋiː]

### Noun

कवि • (kavi) m
* poet

#### Declension
### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कवि”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “कवि”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* kavi (Latin script)
* 𑀓𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* কৰি (Bengali script)
* කවි (Sinhalese script)
* ကဝိ or ၵဝိ (Burmese script)
* กวิ or กะวิ (Thai script)
* ᨠᩅᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ກວິ or ກະວິ (Lao script)
* កវិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑅇𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Noun

कवि m
* Devanagari script form of kavi

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কৱি (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬯᬶ (Balinese script)
* কবি (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰪𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ကဝိ (Burmese script)
* કવિ (Gujarati script)
* ਕਵਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌵𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦮꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂫𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಕವಿ (Kannada script)
* កវិ (Khmer script)
* ກວິ (Lao script)
* കവി (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᠸᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘪𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᠸᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧊𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐰𑐶 (Newa script)
* କଵି (Odia script)
* ꢒꢮꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆮𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖪𑖰 (Siddham script)
* කවි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩾𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚦𑚮 (Takri script)
* கவி (Tamil script)
* కవి (Telugu script)
* กวิ (Thai script)
* ཀ་ཝི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒫𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨭𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš (“seer, saint, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kowh₁-i-s, from *(s)kewh₁- (“to observe, to perceive”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 (kauui), Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō, Old Armenian ցուցանեմ (cʻucʻanem, “I show”) and English show.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐ.ʋí/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkɐ.ʋi/

### Noun

कवि • (kaví) stem, m
* wise man, sage, seer, prophet
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.32.2:स मा॒तरा॒ सूर्ये॑णा कवी॒नाम्अवा॑सयद्रु॒जदद्रिं॑ गृणा॒नः। स्वा॒धीभि॒ॠक्व॑भिर्वावशा॒न उदु॒स्रिया॑णामसृजन्नि॒दान॑म्॥sá mātárā sū́ryeṇā kavīnā́mávāsayadrujádádriṃ gṛṇānáḥ. svādhī́bhiṝ́kvabhirvāvaśāná údusríyāṇāmasṛjannidā́nam.Amid the sages, with the Sun he brightened the Parents: glorified, he burst the mountain; And, roaring with the holy-thoughted singers, he loosed the bond that held the beams of Morning.
* a singer, bard, poet
* thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding, leader
* (figuratively) name of the gates of the sacrificial enclosure (compare कवष् (kaváṣ))

#### Derived terms

* काव्य (kāvyá, “poem”)

#### Descendants

* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀇 (kaï)
* Pali: kavi
* → French: kawi
* → Old Javanese: kawi
** Javanese: ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “Old Javanese; poet”)
** → Balinese: ᬓᬯᬶ (kawi, “Old Javanese”)
* → Russian: кави (kavi)
* → Bengali: কবি (kobi) (learned)
* → Chakma: 𑄇𑄧𑄝𑄨 (kabi) (learned)
* → Hindi: कवि (kavi) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಕವಿ (kavi) (learned)
* → Malay: kawi (learned)
* → Malayalam: കവി (kavi) (learned)
* → Marathi: कवि (kavi) (learned)
* → Punjabi: ਕਵੀ (kavī) (learned)
* → Tamil: கவி (kavi) (learned)
* → Telugu: కవి (kavi) (learned)
* → Thai: กวี (gà-wii) (learned)

### Adjective

कवि • (kaví) stem
* gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.11.4:पु॒रां भि॒न्दुर्युवा॑ क॒विर्अमि॑तौजा अजायत। इन्द्रो॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ कर्म॑णो ध॒र्ता व॒ज्री पु॑रुष्टु॒तः॥purā́ṃ bhindúryúvā kavírámitaujā ajāyata. índro víśvasya kármaṇo dhartā́ vajrī́ puruṣṭutáḥ.Crusher of forts, the young, the wise, of strength unmeasured, was he born Sustainer of each sacred rite, Indra, the Thunderer, much-extolled.

#### Declension
### References

* “कवि” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 114.
* Monier Williams (1899) “कवि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0264/2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कवि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 065
* Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 204
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 328-9