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De⋅va⋅na⋅ga⋅ri

[dey-vuh-nah-guh-ree]
–noun
an alphabetical script with some syllabic features derived from Brahmi, used for the writing of Hindi and many other languages of India including Sanskrit.
Also called Nagari.


Origin:
1775–85; < Skt devanāgarī
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De·va·na·ga·ri   (dā'və-nä'gə-rē)   
n.  The alphabet in which Sanskrit and many modern Indian languages are written. Also called Nagari.

[Sanskrit devanāgarī, royal city writing (from its supposedly having been invented in Pataliputra, a royal city in India) : deva-, divine, royal; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots + nāgarī, feminine of nāgara-, of a city (from nagaram, city, probably of Dravidian origin).]
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