महाकवि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মহাকৱি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬳᬵᬓᬯᬶ (Balinese script)
• মহাকবি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰮𑰯𑰎𑰪𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀓𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မဟာကဝိ (Burmese script)
• મહાકવિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਹਾਕਵਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌕𑌵𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦲꦴꦏꦮꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂯𑂰𑂍𑂫𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಹಾಕವಿ (Kannada script)
• មហាកវិ (Khmer script)
• ມຫາກວິ (Lao script)
• മഹാകവി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠᠸᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘎𑘪𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠾᠠᢗᢉᠠᠸᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧎𑧑𑦮𑧊𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐎𑐰𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମହାକଵି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢲꢵꢒꢮꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆲𑆳𑆑𑆮𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖮𑖯𑖎𑖪𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මහාකවි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑪂𑩛𑩜𑩾𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚊𑚦𑚮 (Takri script)
• மஹாகவி (Tamil script)
• మహాకవి (Telugu script)
• มหากวิ (Thai script)
• མ་ཧཱ་ཀ་ཝི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒯𑒰𑒏𑒫𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨱𑨊𑨋𑨭𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

महत् (mahat, “great”) +‎ कवि (kavi, “poet”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɑː.kɐ.ʋi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɑː.kɐ.ʋi/

Noun

महाकवि • (mahākavi) stem, m

1. great poet, classical poet
2. name of Śukra (Cat.)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of महाकवि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	महाकविः (mahākaviḥ)	महाकवी (mahākavī)	महाकवयः (mahākavayaḥ)
accusative	महाकविम् (mahākavim)	महाकवी (mahākavī)	महाकवीन् (mahākavīn)
instrumental	महाकविना (mahākavinā)	महाकविभ्याम् (mahākavibhyām)	महाकविभिः (mahākavibhiḥ)
dative	महाकवये (mahākavaye)	महाकविभ्याम् (mahākavibhyām)	महाकविभ्यः (mahākavibhyaḥ)
ablative	महाकवेः (mahākaveḥ)	महाकविभ्याम् (mahākavibhyām)	महाकविभ्यः (mahākavibhyaḥ)
genitive	महाकवेः (mahākaveḥ)	महाकव्योः (mahākavyoḥ)	महाकवीनाम् (mahākavīnām)
locative	महाकवौ (mahākavau)	महाकव्योः (mahākavyoḥ)	महाकविषु (mahākaviṣu)
vocative	महाकवे (mahākave)	महाकवी (mahākavī)	महाकवयः (mahākavayaḥ)

Descendants

• Tamil: மகாகவி (makākavi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “महाकवि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0795.