Devanagari
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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.
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 + nāgarī, feminine of nāgara-, of a city (from nagaram, city , probably of Dravidian origin).]
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Nagari
IN BRIEF: n. - A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
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- Linguistics and Writing Systems - Devanagari: alphabetic script with some syllabic features, used for writing Hindi and other languages of India
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