devanágari

See also: devanagari, Devanagari, and Dēvanāgarī

Portuguese

Etymology

From Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), compound of देव (deva, “deity, divine”) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.vaˈna.ɡa.ɾi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐˈna.ɡɐ.ɾi/ [dɨ.vɐˈna.ɣɐ.ɾi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐˈna.ɡɐ.ɾi/ [dɨ.vɐˈna.ɣɐ.ɾi]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bɐˈna.ɡɐ.ɾi/ [dɨ.βɐˈna.ɣɐ.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: de‧va‧ná‧ga‧ri

Noun

devanágari m (uncountable)

1. Devanagari (the Devanagari abugida script)