Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.
Used in a Sentence
devanagari
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for devanagari.
Editorial note
Urdu and Hindu are essentially the same thing -- except one is written in classic Indian devanagari Sanskrit-style script, and the other is written in Arabic script.
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Quick take
Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of devanagari gathered in one view.
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.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for devanagari.
adjective
Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.
See also: devanagari-script, nagari-script, nagari
noun
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.
See also: devanagari-script, nagari-script, nagari
Example sentences
Urdu and Hindu are essentially the same thing -- except one is written in classic Indian devanagari Sanskrit-style script, and the other is written in Arabic script.
And Hindi which also follows the same script rules (forming composites from consonants and vowels using Devanagari script).
Marathi/Hindi/Sanskrit (which use devanagari) have a bunch of basic consonants and some vowels (which can appear independently or as modifiers).
Most devanagari glyphs don't have their own codepoint.
Because Devanagari isn't taught at the school level in Pakistan, I'd guess.
And there is no formalization of Sanskrit in Devanagari - We (Keralites) still use Grantha script to write Sanskrit - And a lot of late Sanskrit works have their origin in Kerala.
I have learned enough facts about Sanskrit and the various languages that are written in the Devanagari alphabet to know 1) The written history of Sanskrit is much less that 3,000 years long.
(I can't read Bengali, so I'm not entirely sure what the johphola is, but I'm trying to relate this to Devanagari -- if my analogy is mistaken or if you don't know Devanagari, let me know) I don't see anything discriminatory about not giving glyphs their own codepoints.
Quote examples
They were essentially the same language also known as "Hindustani" with the distinction being that Hindi was written in the Devanagari script and Urdu written in the Nastaliq script.
Yes, I know, but Urdu written in devanagari isn't called "Urdu", it's called "Hindi".
"Oriya is similarly structured to Devanagari and is used to write the Oriya language in Indian state of Orissa." Devanagri is what Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit use, so I am certain that it isn't any more complex to render than those languages.
Proper noun examples
Devanagari has tons of glyphs which are logically broken up into consonants, modifying diacritics, and bare vowels.
Just a bit unlikely that Ali would be able to read 'saunf' in Devanagari, isn't it?
Not sure what you mean but I believe Sanskrit was a spoken language, written down in each region's local script before being formalized in Devanagari.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use devanagari in a sentence?
Urdu and Hindu are essentially the same thing -- except one is written in classic Indian devanagari Sanskrit-style script, and the other is written in Arabic script.
What does devanagari mean?
Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.
What part of speech is devanagari?
devanagari is commonly used as adjective, noun.