Dogra

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/ˈdoʊɡɾə/

adjective

Of the Dogra script or of a Dogra alphabet.

Origindoi डोगरा ← Sanskrit द्विगर्त →
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Meanings

adjectiveDogra (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf the Dogra script or of a Dogra alphabet.
proper nounDogra (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn abugida script (nearly extinct) used to write Dogri, a language originating in India.
nounDogra (plural Dogras)

plural Dogras

  1. A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group living primarily in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and speaking the Dogri language.

Origin

  1. Sanskritद्विगर्त
  2. doiडोगरा
  3. EnglishDogra

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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Translations

Bengali ডোগরা
  • ডোগরা (ḍōgra)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Hindi डोगरा
  • डोगरा (ḍogrā)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Punjabi ਡੋਗਰਾ
  • ਡੋਗਰਾ (ḍogrā)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Tamil டோக்ரா
  • டோக்ரா (ṭōkrā)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Thai โฑครา
  • โฑคราabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Urdu ڈوگَرا
  • ڈوگَرا (ḍōgrā)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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