कवि

Borrowed from Sanskrit कवि (kaví).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkə.vi/
• (traditional) IPA^(key): /ˈkə.vɪ/

कवि • (kavi) m

1. poet

कवि • (kavi) m

1. poet

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kawHíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš (“seer, saint, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kowh₁is, from *(s)kewh₁- (“to observe, to perceive”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌‎ (kauui), Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō, Old Armenian ցուցանեմ (cʿucʿanem, “I show”) and English show.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʋí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.ʋi/

कवि • (kaví) m

1. wise man, sage, seer, prophet
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.32.2:

     स मातरा सूर्येणा कवीनामवासयद्रुजदद्रिं गृणानः।
     स्वाधीभिरृक्वभिर्वावशान उदुस्रियाणामसृजन्निदानम्॥

     sa mātarā sūryeṇā kavīnāmavāsayadrujadadriṃ gṛṇānaḥ.
     svādhībhirṛkvabhirvāvaśāna udusriyāṇāmasṛjannidānam.

     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.

2. a singer, bard, poet
3. thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding, leader
4. (figuratively) name of the gates of the sacrificial enclosure (compare कवष् (kaváṣ))

• → Hindi: कवि (kavi)
• → Marathi: कवि (kavi)
• → Bengali: কবি (kôbi)
• → Telugu: కవి (kavi)
• → Kannada: ಕವಿ (kavi)
• → Thai: กวี (gà-wii)

कवि • (kaví)

1. gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.11.4:

     पुरां भिन्दुर्युवा कविरमितौजा अजायत।
     इन्द्रो विश्वस्य कर्मणो धर्ता वज्री पुरुष्टुतः॥

     purāṃ bhinduryuvā kaviramitaujā ajāyata.
     indro viśvasya karmaṇo dhartā vajrī puruṣṭutaḥ.

     Crusher of forts, the young, the wise, of strength unmeasured, was he born
     Sustainer of each sacred rite, Indra, the Thunderer, much-extolled.

• “कवि” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page 114.
• Monier Williams (1899), “कवि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0264.
• Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 065
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 204