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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कवkavaब [b] र [r], (ब) र a. [Uṇ.4.154.] (-रा, -री f.)
    1. ब b र r, (ब) र Adjective Uṇ.4.154. (-रा, -री Feminine)
    2. mixed, intermingled; व्याकीर्णमान्यकबरां कबरीं तरुण्याः Śi.5.19.
    3. Set, inlaid.
    4. Variegated. 'कबरः कबुरः शारः' इति हलायुधः । रः, रम् Salt.
    5. Sourness or acidity.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः

      1. A braid or fillet of hair.
      2. A lecturer (पाठक).

    • -रा, -री A kind of vegetable (हिंगुपत्र).

    • कव kava ब b री rī, (ब) री A braid or fillet of hair; दधती विलोल- कबरीकमाननम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.4; Śi.9.28; Amaru.59. -Compound -भरः, -भारः a fine head of hair; घटय जघने काञ्चीमञ्च स्रजा कवरीभरम् Gīt.12; Bhāg.5.2.6; अमरीकवरीभारभ्रमरी- मुखरीकृतम् Kuval.1

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  2. अकवakavaवा [vā], वा a. [न कव्यते वर्ण्यते कव्-आ न. त.] Indescribable (अवर्णनीय); not contemptible, not bad: ˚अरिः =…

    वा vā, वा Adjective न कव्यते वर्ण्यते कव्-आ न. त. Indescribable (अवर्णनीय); not contemptible, not bad: denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअरिः Equivalent to कुत्सिता अरयो यस्य स कवारिः; न कवारिः अdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; or यस्य शत्रवोऽप्यकुत्सिता वृत्रादय:; or अकुत्सितम् इयर्ति ऐश्वर्यं प्राप्नोति.

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  3. अकविakavia.(Ved.) Unwise, foolish; अयं कविरकविषु Rv.7.4.4.

    (Vedic) Unwise, foolish; अयं कविरकविषु Rv.7.4.4.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कवkavam. sound, L.
    1. masculine gender sound, Lexicographers
    2. a form substituted for क, का, and 1. कु, to express depreciation or deficiency Pa1n2. 6-3, 107, 108 Vop. vi, 97.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√1. कु) "miserly" (perhaps originally "provident"), "selfish", in /अ-कव quod vide, and कवा-सख्/अ below
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective ([confer, compare कवत्न्/उ and कवार्/इ .])
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  2. अकवakavamfn. (fr. 1. कु q.v.), not contemptible, not stingy RV.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from 1. कु quod vide), not contemptible, not stingy fg-veda

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  3. अकवचakavacamfn. having no coat of mail AV. xi, 10, 22.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having no coat of mail AV. xi, 10, 22.

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  4. अकवरakavaram. (emperor) Akbar, Inscr.

    masculine gender (emperor) Akbar, Inscriptions

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  5. अकवारिakavārimf(ई)n. not selfish, not stingy RV. iii, 47, 5, and vii, 96, 3 ([Sa1y. explains by अ-कव-अरि, "not contemptible…

    mf(ई)neuter gender not selfish, not stingy fg-veda iii, 47, 5, and vii, 96, 3 ([Sa1y. explains by अ-कव-अरि, "not contemptible as an enemy, or to his enemies, not having weak enemies"]) .

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अकवakava[á-kava] a. not niggardly, liberal.

    [á-kava] adjective not niggardly, liberal.

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  2. अकविakavi[á-kavi] a. not wise, foolish.

    [á-kavi] adjective not wise, foolish.

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