devanagari

  • 21Devanagari — 1. adjective /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡəriː/ Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet. 2. noun /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡəriː/ An abugida script used to write several Indian languages, mainly Sanskrit and Hindi, but also Marathi, Kashmiri …

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  • 22dévanâgari — (dé va na ga ri) s. m. Sorte d écriture ou de caractère pour écrire le sanscrit. Le dévanâgari a été remplacé postérieurement par le bengali, qui en est une forme plus cursive.    Adj. Le caractère dévanâgari. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Sanscrit, deva, divin …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 23Devanagari — noun Etymology: Sanskrit devanāgarī, from deva divine + nāgarī (writing) of the city more at deity Date: 1781 an alphabet usually employed for Sanskrit and also used as a literary hand for various modern languages of India see alphabet table …

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  • 24Devanagari — De|va|na|ga|ri 〈[ va ] f.; ; unz.〉 = Dewanagari * * * Devanagari   die, , eine der wichtigsten indischen Schriften.   …

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  • 25devanagari — de·va·na·gà·ri s.f.inv. TS ling. alfabeto usato per l antico e medio indiano e per l hindi {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1892. ETIMO: dal sanscr. (lipi) devanāgarī (scrittura) della città divina …

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  • 26Devanagari — De•va•na•ga•ri [[t]ˌdeɪ vəˈnɑ gəˌri[/t]] n. ling. an alphabetic script with some syllabic features, used for the writing of Hindi and many other languages of India including Sanskrit • Etymology: 1775–85; < Skt devanāgarī …

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  • 27Devanagari — /deɪvəˈnagəri/ (say dayvuh nahguhree) noun the alphabetical script in which Sanskrit is usually written, also employed for Hindi. {Hindi (from Sanskrit) devanāgarī, from deva god + nāgarī of the city} …

  • 28Devanagari transliteration — There are several methods of transliteration from Devanāgarī to the Roman script, which is a process also known as Romanization in the Indian subcontinent.[1] The Hunterian transliteration system is the national system of romanization in India… …

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  • 29Devanagari alphabet — noun An incorrect term sometimes used for the Devanagari writing script used for writing several Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Bihari, Bhili, Konkani, and …

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  • 30Devanagari script — noun a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi • Syn: ↑Devanagari, ↑Nagari, ↑Nagari script • Hypernyms: ↑syllabary, ↑syllabic script, ↑script …

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