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An ancient Indian script, the ancestor of Devanagari and Nandinagari.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Devanagari script.
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noun
A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
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a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari script
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Broader terms: script, syllabary, syllabic script
History
Borrowed from Sanskrit नागरी (nāgarī), feminine of नागर (nāgara, “of the city”, adjective), from नगर (nagara). Related to negara, Angkor.
From Indonesian nagari, ultimately from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).
