កវី

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali kavi (“poet”), Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic កវី kvī Phonemic កៈ-វ៉ី k`-v″ī WT romanisation kaʼvəy (standard) IPA(key) /kaʔ.ˈʋəj/

Noun

កវី • (kaʼvəy)

1. poet; writer; artist

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• kavī (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• कवी (Devanagari script)
• কৰী (Bengali script)
• කවී (Sinhalese script)
• ကဝီ or ကဝဳ or ၵဝီ (Burmese script)
• กวี or กะวี (Thai script)
• ᨠᩅᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ກວີ or ກະວີ (Lao script)
• 𑄇𑅇𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Noun

កវី

1. Khmer script form of kavī, nominative/vocative/accusative plural of កវិ (kavi, “poet”)

Etymology 2

Noun

កវី

1. Khmer script form of kavī, nominative/vocative/accusative plural of កវិ (kavi, “monkey”)