Nagari
Americannoun
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a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
noun
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a set of scripts, including Devanagari, used as the writing systems for several languages of India
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another word for Devanagari
Example Sentences
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The woman has been named as Batsheva Nagari.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
I. PALI.—Works in Pali are written, like those of Burmah and Siam, not in Nagari or any peculiar character, but in the vernacular alphabet.
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
The women sat patiently around Nagari, while he sounded his one note, "U-u-u!"
From The Junior Classics — Volume 1 by Patten, William
They are written in the Nagari alphabet and record various pious foundations.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
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.”
From Real Gold A Story of Adventure by Fenn, George Manville
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