देवनागरी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit देवनागरी (devánāgarī)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪eːʋ.nɑːɡ.ɾiː/

Proper noun

देवनागरी • (devnāgrī) f (Urdu spelling دیوناگری‎)

  1. Devanagari

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit देवनागरी (devánāgarī)

Proper noun

देवनागरी • (devnāgrī) f

  1. Devanagari

Nepali

Proper noun

देवनागरी • (dewanāgarī), pronounced देवनागरि (dewanāgari)

  1. Devanagari

Sanskrit

Etymology

देव (devá) +‎ नगर (nágara) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /d̪ɐj.ʋɐ́.n̪ɑː.ɡɐ.ɽiː/
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪eː.ʋɐˈn̪ɑː.ɡɐ.ɽiː/

Proper noun

देवनागरी • (devánāgarī) f

  1. Devanagari

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 493

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