ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नागरी (nāgarī), from नगर (nagara, urban, of the city). Compare its use in देवनागरी (devanāgarī).

Cognate with Bengali নগরী (nogri), Assamese নগৰী (nogori), Hindi नागरी (nāgrī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ (nagri)

  1. citizen
  2. concubine
  3. girl after puberty

Declension

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Inflection of ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ (nagori)
indefinite forms
nominative ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ (nagri)
objective ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ / ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠞꠦ
(nagri (semantically general or indefinite) / nagrire (semantically definite))
genitive ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠞ (nagrir)
locative ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠔ (nagrit)
ergative ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠄ (nagrie)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥ (nagriogu) ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ (nagrioguin)
objective ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥ / ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠞꠦ (nagriogu / nagriogure) ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (nagrioguin / nagrioguinre)
genitive ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠞ (nagriogur) ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (nagrioguinor)
locative ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠔ (nagriogut) ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (nagrioguino)
ergative ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠄ (nagriogue) ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (nagrioguine)

Adjective

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ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ (nagori)

  1. (related to a) city
    Synonym: ꠐꠣꠃꠘꠤꠀ (ṭaunia)
  2. native
  3. unadulterated, pure