Devanagari
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Devanagari script (vowels top, consonants bottom) in the Chandas font.
English
Etymology
From Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), compound of देव (deva, “deity, divine”) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”). By surface analysis, Deva + Nagari.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/, /ˌdɛvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑɡəɹi/
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Adjective
Devanagari (not comparable)
- Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.
- 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251:
- The etymologies gave words from Hindustani in the Devanagari script accompanied by transliterations in parentheses.
Derived terms
Proper noun
Devanagari
- An abugida script used to write many languages originating in India and Nepal, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Maithili, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri, and Nepali.
Synonyms
- Devanagari alphabet (nonstandard)
- Nagari (historical)
- abbreviations: (ISO 15924) Deva
Related terms
Translations
abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
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Further reading
Devanagari on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “‖Devanagari, a. and sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 279, column 1.
