poet

/ˈpəʊɪt/noun

उच्चारण पोइट

कवि

Basic word

noun

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a person who writes poems
कवि
- Tagore was a great poet.
- The poet read from his new book of verse.
- Kabir was a famous poet and saint.
+ 1 more example
- The young poet won a prize at the school festival.
Synonyms versifier bard lyricist rhymer kavi

◇Word family

poetry nounpoetic adj.

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

versifier bard lyricist rhymer kavi

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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked often: a poet who is officially appointed to write poems for national occasions is a poet laureate; a poet of an ancient people a bard (Shakespeare is called 'the Bard of Avon'); a bad poet a poetaster; a female poet a poetess (now 'poet' is used for both).

One-word substitution अक्सर पूछा जाता है: राष्ट्रीय अवसरों पर कविताएँ लिखने के लिए आधिकारिक रूप से नियुक्त कवि poet laureate (राजकवि); प्राचीन लोगों का कवि bard (Shakespeare को 'the Bard of Avon' कहा जाता है); बुरा कवि poetaster; स्त्री कवि poetess (अब दोनों के लिए 'poet' प्रयुक्त होता है)।

General knowledge

Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali) was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1913); Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam; Sarojini Naidu was called the 'Nightingale of India'; 21 March is World Poetry Day.

रवींद्रनाथ टैगोर (गीतांजलि) साहित्य का नोबेल पुरस्कार जीतने वाले पहले एशियाई थे (1913); कालिदास ने अभिज्ञानशाकुंतलम् लिखा; सरोजिनी नायडू को 'भारत की कोकिला' कहा जाता था; 21 मार्च विश्व कविता दिवस है।