As a deity name
Name 73 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 723 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 912 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 551 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
कवि · noun · masculine
काव्य करनेवाला · ऋषि · ब्रह्मा — Śabdasāgara
कवि · adj
सर्वज्ञ · चतुर । होशियार । ज्ञानी । प्रशंसनीय — Śabdasāgara
कवि · kavi · s.m.
A poet; a sage, a wise or learned man (cf. kab) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 857
कवि · masculine
poet
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कवि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कवि (kaví).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kavi mfn. (√ 1. kū cf. 2. kava, ākūta, ākūti, kāvya, Naigh. iii, 15; Nir. xii, 13; Uṇ. iv, 138) gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning
kavi (is), m. a thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding, leader
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kavi mfn. (√ 1. kū cf. 2. kava, ākūta, ākūti, kāvya, Naigh. iii, 15; Nir. xii, 13; Uṇ. iv, 138) gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning
kavi (is), m. a thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding, leader
a wise man, sage, seer, prophet
a singer, bard, poet (but in this sense without any technical application in the Veda), RV.; VS.; TS.; AV.; ŚBr. i, 4, 2, 8; KaṭhUp. iii, 14; MBh.; Bhag.; BhāgP.; Mn. vii, 49; R.; Ragh.
N. of several gods, (esp.) of Agni, RV. ii, 23, 1; x, 5, 3; iii, 5, 1; i, 31, 2; 76, 5
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