Devanagari

 
Pronunciation: /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːg(ə)ri, dɛv-/

noun

[mass noun]
  • the alphabet used for Sanskrit, Hindi, and other Indian languages.

Origin:

from Sanskrit, literally 'divine town script', from deva 'god' + nāgarī (from nagara 'town'), an earlier name of the script