कविता

See also: कुवैत and कैवत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कविता (kavitā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.ʋɪ.t̪ɑː/, [kə.ʋɪ.t̪äː]

Noun

कविता • (kavitā) f (Urdu spelling کوتا‎)

1. poetry; a poem

   मैंने एक कविता लिखी है, क्या तुम्हें सुननी है?

   mainne ek kavitā likhī hai, kyā tumhẽ sunnī hai?

   I've written a poem, do you want to hear it?

   Synonyms: शायरी (śāyrī), काव्य (kāvya)

2. A female given name, Kavita, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of कविता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कविता kavitā	कविताएँ kavitāẽ
oblique	कविता kavitā	कविताओं kavitāõ
vocative	कविता kavitā	कविताओ kavitāo

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कविता (kavitā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.ʋi.t̪a/

Noun

कविता • (kavitā) f

1. poetry
2. poem

Declension

Declension of कविता (kavitā)
direct singular	कविता kavitā
direct plural	कविता kavitā
	singular		plural
nominative	कविता kavitā		कविता kavitā
oblique	कविते- kavite-		कवितां- kavitāN-
dative	कवितेला kavitelā		कवितांना kavitāNnā
ergative	कवितेने kavitene		कवितांनी kavitāNni
instrumental	कवितेशी kaviteśi		कवितांशी kavitāNśi
locative	कवितेत kavitet		कवितांत kavitāNt
vocative	कविते kavite		कवितांनो kavitāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of कविता
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	कवितेचा kaviteċā	कवितेचे kavitece	कवितेची kaviteci	कवितेच्या kaviteca	कवितेचे, कवितेचं kavitece, kaviteċa	कवितेची kaviteci	कवितेच्या kaviteca
plural subject	कवितांचा kavitāNċā	कवितांचे kavitāNce	कवितांची kavitāNci	कवितांच्या kavitāNca	कवितांचे, कवितांचं kavitāNce, kavitāNċa	कवितांची kavitāNci	कवितांच्या kavitāNca
* 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

• काव्य (kāvya)

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬓᬯᬶᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• কৱিতা (Assamese script)
• কবিতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰪𑰰𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀯𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌕𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• કવિતા (Gujarati script)
• ꦏꦮꦶꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• កវិតា (Khmer script)
• ಕವಿತಾ (Kannada script)
• ກວິຕາ (Lao script)
• 𑘎𑘪𑘱𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ကဝိတာ (Burmese script)
• 𑦮𑧊𑧒𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐰𑐶𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• କଵିତା (Oriya script)
• ꢒꢮꢶꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆮𑆴𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖪𑖰𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• కవితా (Telugu script)
• กวิตา (Thai script)
• ཀཝིཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒫𑒱𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

कविता • (kavitā) m

1. poem

Descendants

• → Hindi: कविता (kavitā)
• → Marathi: कविता (kavitā)
• → Malayalam: കവിത (kavita)