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