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.

2. Devanagari.

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

Example Sentences

Three miles from the smoke and dust of Kumbh Nagari, the upscale tents offer a rare commodity at the festival — quiet.

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A few paces beyond lay a small book; it was the sacred book of the Faringis printed in Nagari, and on the first leaf, which was held down by a stone, was writing in English.

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The usual character employed for writing Bihari is that known as Kaithī, a cursive form of the well-known Nagari character of Upper India.

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I grant it is a little dangerous, but not so bad as walking along a shelf in the Nagari pass, with a Belooch behind every stone, taking aim at one with his long matchlock.”

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They are written in the Nagari alphabet and record various pious foundations.

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