Nagari
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
- 2 a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 An ancient Indian script, the ancestor of Devanagari and Nandinagari.
- 2 Devanagari script.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Indonesian nagari, ultimately from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit नागरी (nāgarī), feminine of नागर (nāgara, “of the city”, adjective), from नगर (nagara). Related to negara, Angkor.