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Definition of Devanagari noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Devanagari

noun
 
/ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡəri/,
 
/ˌdevəˈnɑːɡəri/
 
/ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡəri/,
 
/ˌdevəˈnɑːɡəri/
[uncountable]
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  1. the alphabet used to write Sanskrit, Hindi and some other Indian languages
    Word Originfrom Sanskrit, literally ‘divine town script’, from deva ‘god’ + nāgarī (from nagara ‘town’), an earlier name of the script.
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