Nagari is an English word with synonyms like devanagari or syllabary. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Nagari meaning
A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
Synonyms of Nagari
Using Nagari
- The main meaning on this page is: A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
- Useful related words include: devanagari, devanagari script, nagari script, syllabary.
- In the example corpus, nagari often appears in combinations such as: nagari script.
Context around Nagari
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nagari
- In this selection, "nagari" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sanskrit, ancient, script and sometimes stand out and add context to how "nagari" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the nagari sometimes added and are called nagari a term. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nagari" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nagari
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nagari has been the primus inter pares of the Indic scripts. (11 words)
The ancient Nagari script for Sanskrit had two additional consonantal characters. (11 words)
In the Minangkabau country in West Sumatra province, traditional villages are called nagari (a term deriving from another Sanskrit word meaning "city", which can be found in a name like " Srinagar "). (31 words)
The Gupta wrote it as a curved line, and the Nagari sometimes added a small circle on the left (rotated a quarter turn to the right, this 9-look-alike became the present day numeral 1 in the Gujarati and Punjabi scripts). (42 words)
He sent his ambassador Tonmi Sambota to India to acquire alphabet and writing methods; returning with Sanskrit Nagari script from Kashmir corresponding to 24 Tibetan sounds and innovating new symbols for 6 local sounds. (34 words)
In the Minangkabau country in West Sumatra province, traditional villages are called nagari (a term deriving from another Sanskrit word meaning "city", which can be found in a name like " Srinagar "). (31 words)
Example sentences (5)
He sent his ambassador Tonmi Sambota to India to acquire alphabet and writing methods; returning with Sanskrit Nagari script from Kashmir corresponding to 24 Tibetan sounds and innovating new symbols for 6 local sounds.
In the Minangkabau country in West Sumatra province, traditional villages are called nagari (a term deriving from another Sanskrit word meaning "city", which can be found in a name like " Srinagar ").
Nagari has been the primus inter pares of the Indic scripts.
The ancient Nagari script for Sanskrit had two additional consonantal characters.
The Gupta wrote it as a curved line, and the Nagari sometimes added a small circle on the left (rotated a quarter turn to the right, this 9-look-alike became the present day numeral 1 in the Gujarati and Punjabi scripts).
Common combinations with nagari
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: