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Valmiki

Valmiki proper noun: the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature and the author of the epic Ramayana.

Proper noun

Valmiki

  1. The poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature and the author of the epic Ramayana.

Noun

Valmiki (plural Valmikis)

  1. A member of any of various Indian communities claiming descent from the poet Valmiki.

Valmiki meaning in Urdu

Valmiki in Urdu

Valmiki; the author of Ramayana
بالمیکی bālmīkī

Forms of Valmiki

pluralValmikis

Origin of Valmiki

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाल्मीकि (vālmīki)

Questions about Valmiki

What does Valmiki mean?
Valmiki means the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature and the author of the epic Ramayana.
What is Valmiki in Urdu?
Valmiki in Urdu is بالمیکی (bālmīkī). See Valmiki meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is Valmiki?
Valmiki can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Valmiki in the dictionary

  1. Vallée
  2. Valmai
  3. Valmaseda
  4. valmethamide
  5. Valmiera
  6. Valmiki
  7. Valmikis
  8. Valmikism
  9. Valmond
  10. Valmondois
  11. Valmont

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Valmiki (page history and authors); بالمیکی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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