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Devanagari

 
Dictionary: De·va·na·ga·ri   ('və-nä'gə-rē) pronunciation

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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Meaning #1: a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
  Synonyms: Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script


 
 
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