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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

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

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.

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

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.”

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

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