dewanagari
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), देव (deva, “deity, divine”) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”). Compound of dewa + nagari.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dèwanagari (first-person possessive dewanagariku, second-person possessive dewanagarimu, third-person possessive dewanagarinya)
- Devanagari: 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.
Further reading edit
- “dewanagari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), a compound of देव (deva) + नगर (nagara).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dewanagari n (indeclinable)
- Devanagari (abugida alphabet of India and Nepal)
Further reading edit
- dewanagari in Polish dictionaries at PWN