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Nagari

[ nah-guh-ree ]

noun

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


Nagari

/ ˈnɑːɡərɪ /

noun

  1. a set of scripts, including Devanagari, used as the writing systems for several languages of India
  2. another word for Devanagari


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While the Hunza Thum is a tyrant, the Nagari ruler has little voice in the government.

The origin of the Deva-Nagari alphabet is lost in antiquity, though that is generally admitted not to be of indigenous invention.

On the other hand, in the Nagari character, the non-pronunciation of a final a is not indicated.

Nagari, the name given to the characters In Sanskrit and Hindi alphabets.

All these languages have alphabets derived from early forms of the well-known Nagari character of northern India.

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