Devanagarin.adj.

/ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡəriː/

Etymology: Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi dēvanāgarī (in Bengali devanāgar), a compound apparently of Sanskrit dēva god + Nāgarī an earlier or a more generic appellation of the same alphabet; lit. ‘Nāgarī (? town-script) of the gods’. Nāgarī is apparently the feminine adjective meaning ‘of the city or town, urban, urbane, refined’ (sc. lipi writing, script), < Sanskrit nagara city. Its application to a particular written character can be traced back to the 11th cent., when Albirūnī mentions an alphabet called Nāgara, and of a derivative from it called Ardha-nāgarī, i.e. ‘half-Nāgarī’. The actual origin and history of the compound Dēva-nāgarī has not been ascertained, any more than that of Nandi-nāgarī, applied to the South-Indian form of the Nāgarī. It has been noted that the terms dēva-lipi ‘writing of the gods’, and nāga-lipi ‘writing of the serpents’, occur side by side in a list of 64 kinds of writing enumerated in the Buddhistic Lalitavistara of the 7th cent.; but whether these terms have any connection with dēva-nāgarī is unknown. The 18th cent. European scholars who adopted the word, have variant forms < Bengali or other Indian vernaculars.

A. n.

The distinctive name of the formal alphabet in which, throughout northern, western and central India, Kashmir, and Nepal, the Sanskrit has, for some centuries, been written, as are also the vernacular languages of those regions. Also called simply Nagari, though the latter is often used in a wider sense, to embrace various local forms taken by the same original alphabet.

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Nagari1771

Devanagari1781

Grantha1874

Gurmukhi1888

Kharoshti1891

Brahmi1895

1781 Sir C. Wilkins in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 294 It differs but little from the Dewnagur.

1784 W. Chambers in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 152 It resembles neither the Devya-nâgre nor any of the various characters connected with..it.

1786 Sir W. Jones in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 423 The polished and elegant Dévanágarí.

1789 Sir W. Jones in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 13 We may apply our present alphabet so..as to equal the Dévanágarí itself in precision and clearness.

1801 H. T. Colebrooke in Asiatick Researches (London ed.) (1803) 7 224 (note) Prácrit and Hindí books are commonly written in the Dévanágarí.

1820 W. Yates Gram. Skr. Lang. vii The character in which Sunscrit works are usually printed is called Daivŭ-nāgŭree.

1845 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India (ed. 2) 107 The translation to be written..both in Persian and Deva Nagree.

1876 Times 15 May His alphabet was founded on the Devanagari, which he accommodated to the needs of the Tibetan tongue.

1879 A. C. Burnell Elem. S. Indian Palæogr. (ed. 2) 52 The South-Indian form of the Nāgarī character..the Nandinagarī is directly derived from the N. Indian Devanāgarī of about the eleventh century.

1886 Eggeling in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 272/2 The character..is the so-called Devanâgarî, or nâgarî (‘town-script’) of the gods.

B. adj.

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society > communication > writing > system of writing > alphabet > [adjective] > Indian

Nagari1776

Devanagari1785

1785 Sir C. Wilkins in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 279 In the modern Dēwnāgăr character.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	devanagari
释义	Devanagarin.adj. /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡəriː/ Etymology: Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi dēvanāgarī (in Bengali devanāgar), a compound apparently of Sanskrit dēva god + Nāgarī an earlier or a more generic appellation of the same alphabet; lit. ‘Nāgarī (? town-script) of the gods’. Nāgarī is apparently the feminine adjective meaning ‘of the city or town, urban, urbane, refined’ (sc. lipi writing, script), < Sanskrit nagara city. Its application to a particular written character can be traced back to the 11th cent., when Albirūnī mentions an alphabet called Nāgara, and of a derivative from it called Ardha-nāgarī, i.e. ‘half-Nāgarī’. The actual origin and history of the compound Dēva-nāgarī has not been ascertained, any more than that of Nandi-nāgarī, applied to the South-Indian form of the Nāgarī. It has been noted that the terms dēva-lipi ‘writing of the gods’, and nāga-lipi ‘writing of the serpents’, occur side by side in a list of 64 kinds of writing enumerated in the Buddhistic Lalitavistara of the 7th cent.; but whether these terms have any connection with dēva-nāgarī is unknown. The 18th cent. European scholars who adopted the word, have variant forms < Bengali or other Indian vernaculars. A. n. The distinctive name of the formal alphabet in which, throughout northern, western and central India, Kashmir, and Nepal, the Sanskrit has, for some centuries, been written, as are also the vernacular languages of those regions. Also called simply Nagari, though the latter is often used in a wider sense, to embrace various local forms taken by the same original alphabet. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > alphabet > [noun] > Indian Nagari1771 Devanagari1781 Grantha1874 Gurmukhi1888 Kharoshti1891 Brahmi1895 1781 Sir C. Wilkins in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 294 It differs but little from the Dewnagur. 1784 W. Chambers in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 152 It resembles neither the Devya-nâgre nor any of the various characters connected with..it. 1786 Sir W. Jones in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 423 The polished and elegant Dévanágarí. 1789 Sir W. Jones in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 13 We may apply our present alphabet so..as to equal the Dévanágarí itself in precision and clearness. 1801 H. T. Colebrooke in Asiatick Researches (London ed.) (1803) 7 224 (note) Prácrit and Hindí books are commonly written in the Dévanágarí. 1820 W. Yates Gram. Skr. Lang. vii The character in which Sunscrit works are usually printed is called Daivŭ-nāgŭree. 1845 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India (ed. 2) 107 The translation to be written..both in Persian and Deva Nagree. 1876 Times 15 May His alphabet was founded on the Devanagari, which he accommodated to the needs of the Tibetan tongue. 1879 A. C. Burnell Elem. S. Indian Palæogr. (ed. 2) 52 The South-Indian form of the Nāgarī character..the Nandinagarī is directly derived from the N. Indian Devanāgarī of about the eleventh century. 1886 Eggeling in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 272/2 The character..is the so-called Devanâgarî, or nâgarî (‘town-script’) of the gods. B. adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > alphabet > [adjective] > Indian Nagari1776 Devanagari1785 1785 Sir C. Wilkins in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 279 In the modern Dēwnāgăr character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.adj.1781
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