Nagari

[ nah-guh-ree ]

/ ˈnɑ gə ri /

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noun

a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.

Devanagari.

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Words nearby Nagari

Naga Hills, Nagaland, nagami kumquat, nagana, Nagano, Nagari, Nagarjuna, Nagasaki, nagger, nagging, naggish

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How to use Nagari in a sentence

While the Hunza Thum is a tyrant, the Nagari ruler has little voice in the government.
Influences of Geographic Environment|Ellen Churchill Semple
The origin of the Deva-Nagari alphabet is lost in antiquity, though that is generally admitted not to be of indigenous invention.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
On the other hand, in the Nagari character, the non-pronunciation of a final a is not indicated.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6|Various
Nagari, the name given to the characters In Sanskrit and Hindi alphabets.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood

All these languages have alphabets derived from early forms of the well-known Nagari character of northern India.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Nagari

Nagari

/ (ˈnɑːɡərɪ) /

noun

a set of scripts, including Devanagari, used as the writing systems for several languages of India

another word for Devanagari

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