Poet in Malayalam
കവി (kavi) is the poet, a word with deep Sanskrit roots that also means sage and seer, and in Kerala it carries real weight as a title. It is used of classical poets and of film lyricists alike.
Most common translation
Poet, poetry, scholar, ascetic, sage Valmiki, Brahma, seer, sage Shukra.
ഈ കവി നാട്ടിൽ പ്രശസ്തനാണ്.
ee kavi naattil prashasthanaanu.
This poet is famous in our land.
All Malayalam words for “poet”
- കവി (kavi) — Poet, poetry, scholar, ascetic, sage Valmiki, Brahma, seer, sage Shukra.
- വൃത്തം (vritham) — Circle, news, history, gait, profession, occupation, custom, duty, rule, mode of poetic composition, (poet.) metre.
vritham is metre and mode of poetic composition, a feature of verse rather than the person who writes it.
Common questions
How do you say poet in Malayalam?
കവി (kavi).
Does the word mean anything besides poet?
Yes, it also covers scholar, sage and seer, and serves as a name of Brahma.