Devanagari

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English

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Devanagari script (vowels top, consonants bottom) in the Chandas font.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), compound of देव (deva, deity, divine) + नगर (nagara, town, city).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/, /ˌdɛvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑɡəɹi/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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Devanagari (not comparable)

  1. 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

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Proper noun

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Devanagari

  1. 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

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Translations

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Further reading

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