dewanagari

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛwanaˈɡari]
• Hyphenation: dè‧wa‧na‧ga‧ri

Noun

dèwanagari (first-person possessive dewanagariku, second-person possessive dewanagarimu, third-person possessive dewanagarinya)

1. Devanagari: an abugida script used to write many languages originating in India and Nepal, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Maithili, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri, and Nepali.

Further reading

• “dewanagari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), a compound of देव (deva) + नगर (nagara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ.va.naˈɡa.ri/

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• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: de‧wa‧na‧ga‧ri

Noun

dewanagari n (indeclinable)

1. Devanagari (abugida alphabet of India and Nepal)

Further reading

• dewanagari in Polish dictionaries at PWN