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Devanagari
 
SYLLABICATION:De·va·na·ga·ri
PRONUNCIATION:  dv-näg-r
NOUN: The alphabet in which Sanskrit and many modern Indian languages are written. Also called Nagari.
ETYMOLOGY:Sanskrit devangar, royal city writing (from its supposedly having been invented in Pataliputra, a royal city) : deva-, divine, royal; see dyeu- in Appendix I + ngar, feminine of ngara-, of a city (from nagaram, city, probably of Dravidian origin).
 
 
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