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Devanagari.

Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/UK/ˌdɛvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/UK/ˌdeɪvəˈnɑɡəɹi/US
  1. Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), compound of दे॒व (devá, “divine”) + नग॑र॒ (nágara, “town; city”).

name/ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/UK/ˌdɛvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/UK/ˌdeɪvəˈnɑɡəɹi/US
  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.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), compound of दे॒व (devá, “divine”) + नग॑र॒ (nágara, “town; city”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.