Dogra

English

Etymology

From Dogri डोगरा (ḍogrā), from Sanskrit द्विगर्त (dvigarta). The script was officially referred to as Sanskrit द्विगर्त अक्षर (dvigarta akṣara, “Dogra letters”). Another indigenous name for the script is Dogri [script needed] (dogra akkharor, “New Dogra letters”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊɡɾə/

Adjective

Dogra (not comparable)

1. Of the Dogra script or of a Dogra alphabet.

Proper noun

Dogra (uncountable)

1. An abugida script (nearly extinct) used to write Dogri, a language originating in India.

Translations

abugida alphabet of India and Nepal

• Assamese: ডোগৰা (dügora)
• Bengali: ডোগরা (ḍōgra)
• Burmese: ဍောဂရာ (dau:ga.ra)
• Gujarati: ડોગરા (ḍogrā)
• Hindi: डोगरा (hi) f (ḍogrā)
• Kannada: ಡೋಗರಾ (ḍōgarā)
• Khmer: ឌោគរា (dookriə)
• Malayalam: ഡോഗരാ (ḍōgarā)
• Marathi: डोगरा f (ḍogrā)
• Nepali: डोगरा (ḍogarā)
• Punjabi: ਡੋਗਰਾ (ḍogrā)
• Sanskrit: डोगरा f (ḍogarā)
• Tamil: டோக்ரா (ṭōkrā)
• Telugu: డోగరా (ḍōgarā)
• Thai: โฑครา
• Urdu: ڈوگَرا f (ḍōgrā)

Further reading

• Dogra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dagor, Grado, do-rag