What does Devanagari mean?

Definitions for Devanagari
ˌdeɪ vəˈnɑ gəˌride·vana·gar·i

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari scriptnoun

    a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi

GCIDE

  1. Devanagarinoun

    The script or characters in which Sanskrit and Hindi are written.

Wiktionary

  1. Devanagarinoun

    An abugida script used to write several Indian languages, mainly Sanskrit and Hindi, but also Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Bihari, Bhili, Konkani, and Bhojpuri. It is also used to write Nepali in Nepal.

  2. Devanagariadjective

    Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.

Wikipedia

  1. Devanagari

    Devanāgarī or Devanagari ( DAY-və-NAH-gə-ree; देवनागरी, IAST: Devanāgarī, Sanskrit pronunciation: [deːʋɐˈnaːɡɐriː]), also called Nāgarī (Sanskrit: नागरी, Nāgarī), is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the ancient Brāhmī script, used in the northern Indian subcontinent. It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic. It was developed and in regular use by the 7th century CE. The Devanāgarī script, composed of 47 primary characters, including 14 vowels and 33 consonants, is the fourth most widely adopted writing system in the world, being used for over 120 languages.The orthography of this script reflects the pronunciation of the language. Unlike the Latin alphabet, the script has no concept of letter case. It is written from left to right, has a strong preference for symmetrical rounded shapes within squared outlines, and is recognisable by a horizontal line, known as a shirorekhā, that runs along the top of full letters. In a cursory look, the Devanāgarī script appears different from other Indic scripts such as Bengali-Assamese, or Gurmukhi, but a closer examination reveals they are very similar except for angles and structural emphasis.Among the languages using it – either as their only script or as one of their scripts – are Marathi, Pāḷi, Sanskrit (the ancient Nāgarī script for Sanskrit had two additional consonantal characters), Hindi, Boro, Nepali, Sherpa, Prakrit, Apabhramsha, Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Braj Bhasha, Chhattisgarhi, Haryanvi, Magahi, Nagpuri, Rajasthani, Bhili, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Sindhi, Nepal Bhasa, Mundari, and Santali. The Devanāgarī script is closely related to the Nandināgarī script commonly found in numerous ancient manuscripts of South India, and it is distantly related to a number of southeast Asian scripts.

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  1. devanagari

    Devanagari is a script used in writing several languages in the Indian subcontinent, including Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, Nepali, and others. It is a writing system that is written from left to right, characterised by a horizontal line that runs along with the tops of the symbols that link them together. The name "Devanagari" is derived from Sanskrit, meaning "City of the gods".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Devanagarinoun

    the character in which Sanskrit is written

  2. Etymology: [Skr. dvangar; dva god + nagara city, i. e., divine city.]

Wikidata

  1. Devanagari

    Devanagari, also called Nagari, is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal. It is written from left to right, does not have distinct letter cases, and is recognizable by a horizontal line that runs along the top of full letters.Since the 19th century, it has been the most commonly used script for Sanskrit. Devanagari is employed for writing Standard Hindi, Marathi,Nepali along with Bodo, Bhojpuri, Gujari, Pahari, Konkani, Magahi, Maithili, Marwari, Bhili, Newar, Santhali, Tharu, and sometimes Sindhi, Dogri, Sherpa, Kashmiri and Punjabi. It was formerly used to write Gujarati. Because of its use to write the Hindi language, Devanagari is one of the most used and adopted writing systems in the world.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Devanagari

    dā-va-nä′ga-ri, n. the character in which Sanskrit is usually written and printed. [Sans. 'town-script of the gods,' a term app. coined by an Indian scholar.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Devanagari in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Devanagari in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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