Definition of Nagari script

1. Noun. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.

Exact synonyms: Devanagari, Devanagari Script, Nagari
Generic synonyms: Script, Syllabary, Syllabic Script

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nagari Script

Naemorhedus goral
Nafaanra
Nafcil
Naffziger
Naffziger operation
Naffziger syndrome
Nafpaktos
Nag Hammadi
Nag Hammadi Library
Naga
Nagaland
Nagano
Nagaraj
Nagari
Nagari script (current term)
Nagasaki
Nagavali
Nageia
Nageia nagi
Nagel
Nagel's test
Nagele
Nagele obliquity
Nageli
Nagelian
Nageotte cells
Nagios

Literary usage of Nagari script

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"Sindhi uses both the Arabic and Deva-nagari script, but the latter is so corrupt and incomplete, that, when written, it can seldom be read by any one ..."

2. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"Sindhi uses both the Arabic and Deva-nagari script, but the latter is so corrupt and incomplete, that, when written, it can seldom be read by ..."

3. The Story of the Alphabet by Edward Clodd (1900)
"... but the lower classes use a phonetic alphabet which, in the judgment of some authorities, is derived from a cursive form of the Nagari script of India, ..."

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