देवनागरी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devánāgarī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪eːʋ.nɑːɡ.ɾiː/, [d̪eːʋ.näːɡ.ɾiː]

Proper noun

देवनागरी • (devnāgrī) f (Urdu spelling دیوناگری)

1. Devanagari

Declension

Declension of देवनागरी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	देवनागरी devnāgrī
oblique	देवनागरी devnāgrī
vocative	देवनागरी devnāgrī

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devánāgarī).

Proper noun

देवनागरी • (devnāgrī) f

1. Devanagari

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devánāgarī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪ebʌnäɡ̞ʌɾi]
• Phonetic Devanagari: देबनागरि

Proper noun

देवनागरी • (devanāgarī)

1. Devanagari

Declension

Declension of देवनागरी
	Singular
nominative	देवनागरी [d̪ebʌnäɡʌɾi]
accusative	देवनागरीलाई [d̪ebʌnäɡʌɾiläi]
instrumental/ergative	देवनागरीले [d̪ebʌnäɡʌɾile]
dative	देवनागरीलाई [d̪ebʌnäɡʌɾiläi]
ablative	देवनागरीबाट [d̪ebʌnäɡʌɾibäʈʌ]
genitive	देवनागरीको [d̪ebʌnäɡʌɾiko]
locative	देवनागरीमा [d̪ebʌnäɡʌɾimä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

• “देवनागरी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit

Etymology

देव (devá) +‎ नगर (nágara) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐj.ʋɐ́.nɑː.ɡɐ.ɾiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪eː.ʋɐˈn̪ɑː.ɡɐ.ɾiː/

Proper noun

देवनागरी • (devánāgarī) f

1. Devanagari

References

Monier Williams (1899) “देवनागरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 493.