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nagari

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
na-gari
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.

name

An ancient Indian script, the ancestor of Devanagari and Nandinagari.

name

Devanagari script.

Etymology

From Indonesian nagari, ultimately from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: nagari, नगरी

Inflected Forms

nagaris (plural)

Phrases

Eastern Nagari

Synonyms

devanagari devanagari script nagari script

Questions

What does nagari mean?
A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
Where does nagari come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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