Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records nāgara with the sense “of a town, urban”. Nāgara is formed from nagara, a town or city. The dictionary gives the adjective a civic or town-related sense. The long first vowel distinguishes nāgara from its base noun in Sanskrit transliteration. नागर and નાગર record the adjective form; the word alone does not identify any particular town. The adjective and its base retain different vowels.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword nāgara, page 533, column 3, entry L105221

Literal dictionary sense

nāgara: Of a town, urban.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword nāgara, page 533, column 3, entry L105221

Native-script forms

नागर · Devanagariનાગર · Gujarati

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