Devanagari

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UK/ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/UK/ˌdɛvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/US/ˌdeɪvəˈnɑɡəɹi/

adjective

Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.

Similar
NagariDevanagari scriptNagari script
OriginSanskrit देवनागरी →
UncommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectiveDevanagari (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.

    The etymologies gave words from Hindustani in the Devanagari script accompanied by transliterations in parentheses.

    2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251
proper noun
  1. An abugida script used to write many languages originating in India and Nepal, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Maithili, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri, and Nepali.

    Synonyms: Nagari

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn abugida script used to write many languages originating in India and Nepal, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Maithili, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri, and Nepali.

Similar
Nagari

More synonyms by meaning

nouna syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi

Similar
Devanagari scriptNagariNagari script
Broader
syllabarysyllabic script
Also see
nagari

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Sanskritदेवनागरी
  2. EnglishDevanagari

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), compound of दे॒व (devá, “divine”) + नग॑र॒ (nágara, “town; city”).

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Translations

Afrikaans Dewanagari, Devanagari
  • Dewanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • Devanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Arabic دِيفَانَاجَارِي, دِيفَانَاجَارِي
  • دِيفَانَاجَارِي (difanagarī)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • دِيفَانَاجَارِي (difanajarī)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • دِيفَانَاغَارِي (difanaḡarī)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • دِيفَانَاغَارِي (difanagarī)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Bengali দেবনাগরী
  • দেবনাগরী (debnagri)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Catalan devanagari, devanàgari
  • devanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • devanàgariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Chinese Cantonese 天城文
  • 天城文abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Chinese Mandarin 天城文
  • 天城文 (tiānchéngwén)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Czech dévanágarí
  • dévanágaríabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Esperanto devanagario
  • devanagarioabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Estonian devanaagari
  • devanaagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Finnish devanagari
  • devanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
French dévanagari, devanagari
  • dévanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • devanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
German Devanagari, Dewanagari
  • Devanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • Dewanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Greek ντεβανάγκαρι
  • ντεβανάγκαρι (ntevanágkari)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Hebrew דֶּוַונַאגַּרִי
  • דֶּוַונַאגַּרִי (devanagarí)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Hindi देवनागरी, नागरी
  • देवनागरी (devnāgrī)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • नागरी (nāgrī)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • नागर (nāgar)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Hungarian dévanágari írás
  • dévanágari írásabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Indonesian dewanagari
  • dewanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Irish Déiveanágraí
  • Déiveanágraíabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Italian devanagari
  • devanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Japanese デーヴァナーガリー
  • デーヴァナーガリー (dēvanāgarī)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Korean 데바나가리
  • 데바나가리 (debanagari)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Latvian dēvanāgarī, dievanāgarī
  • dēvanāgarīabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • dievanāgarīabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Lithuanian devanagari
  • devanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Persian دوناگری, دیواناگری
  • دوناگری (devanâgari)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • دیواناگری (dêvânâgari)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Polish dewanagari
  • dewanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Portuguese devanágari
  • devanágariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Punjabi ਦੇਵਨਾਗਰੀ
  • ਦੇਵਨਾਗਰੀ (devnāgarī)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Romanian devanagari
  • devanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Russian девана́гари
  • девана́гари (dɛvanágari)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Spanish devanágari, devanagarí
  • devanágariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • devanagaríabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
  • devanagariabugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Tamil தேவநாகரி
  • தேவநாகரி (tēvanākari)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Thai เทวนาครี
  • เทวนาครี (tee-wá-naa-ká-rii)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Urdu دیوناگری
  • دیوناگری (deonāgarī)abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
Cite this entry
APA

Devanagari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Devanagari

MLA

“Devanagari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Devanagari. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Devanagari,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Devanagari.

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