Etymology

Dogra

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Today it means: Of the Dogra script or of a Dogra alphabet. Full definition →

doi डोगरा ← Sanskrit द्विगर्त
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromद्विगर्त
  2. doi · borrowed fromडोगरा
  3. English todayDogra

From Dogri डोगरा (ḍogrā), from Sanskrit द्विगर्त (dvigarta). The script was officially referred to as Sanskrit द्विगर्त अक्षर (dvigarta akṣara, “Dogra letters”). Another indigenous name for the script is Dogri [script needed] (dogra akkharor, “New Dogra letters”).

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