DEVANAGARI


Meaning of DEVANAGARI in English

[ ˌdeɪvə'nα:g(ə)ri , ˌdɛv- ]

■ noun the alphabet used for Sanskrit, Hindi, and other Indian languages.

Origin

from Sanskrit, lit. 'divine town script', from deva 'god' + nāgarī , an earlier name of the script.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.