Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 62
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications
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ON THE MODERN INDO-ARYAN VERNACULARS
[ AUGUST, 1933
strike; choo, for choro, a son; pantu, for parantu, but. According to Tessitori (OWR. Gr. §30), in Old Western Rajasthani r, when falling between two vowels of which the second is i, is occasionally elided. He quotes, e.g., Skr. sarira-, OWR. saira, the body.
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In Western Pahari (Satlaj Group), the genitive termination is rau, but in some dialects ther is dropped. Thus ghore-rau or ghore-au, of a horse. In Lahndā (NW. dialect, Dhanni, bordering on Dardic) we have darü or dāō, from.
In the same localities medial is often elided. Thus Central Pahari (Grh.) upāinō, but H. uparana, to pluck out; Western Pahari kuri or kui, a daughter; dauṛna or dōņā, to run; WPh., P. L. Ks. V pa- for paṛ-, cause to fall.
In Central and Western Pahari medial or final 1 or very frequently suffers syncope, a euphonic w being sometimes inserted in its place. Thus CPh. bădal or badaw, a cloud; beliya or beiya, yesterday; calno or cawno, to strain; thol or thow, the lip, and many others (LSI. IX, iv, 115); WPh. (Jn.) gaano (pr. goano), to melt (H. galānā); bãa (pr. bão), hair (H. bal); (Sirmauri dial.) pitula or pitua, I shall strike. In Western Pahari. this syncope appears to be confined to these two dialects which immediately adjoin CPh., till we come to the Pangi dialect, close to Ks., where we find cases like mei, for mēli, having met.
In Gujarati (Bhili) there are several cases of syncope of (cf. LSI. IX, iii, 105, 110, 158, 204), such as doa, for dōla, an eye; V pay- for V pal-, run. Similarly, in the neighbouring Berāri dialect of Marathi, y and r are substituted for? (LSI. VII, 220).
304. Turning to the Dardic languages, we have numerous instances of the syncope of r and 1. The cerebral does not exist in these languages. In Torwäli, intervocalic r is always elided (Trw. Gr. § 4).
Av. duysar-, Skr. duhitar-; V. luštu, Bs. Wai. ju, Gwr. zu, Kl. chu, Trw. dhu, My. dhi, Grw. dui, S. di; but Kh. jur, žur, a daughter. Note also, L. (dial.) dhi, pl. dhiri, Ş. declensional base dij- (for dir-, § 287).
Av. Skr. mar-; My. Grw. Ks. V mar-, S. mir-, but Aš. mrem, mēm, I die, Trw. ma-, Gwr. Vmi-, die.
Av. Skr. kar-, do; Paš. kar-am or ka-m, I do; Aš. Vko-, Trw. V ka-, do; Grw. ker or ke-th, he made.
Skr. angāra-; Bs. ago or anga, Aš. ana, Trw. anga, V. an-ekh; but Kl. Gwr. Paš. Kh. angar, Grw. àgar, charcoal.
Av. sarah-, Skr. siras-; B. Wai. šei, Aš. Trw. ša, V. ji, Gwr. eau-ta; but Kh. sor, Paš. šir, Ks. hir, a head.
Av. zǝrǝd-; Aš. židi, Wai. zo; but Bă. zare, heart.
Skr. hrd-; Trw. hu, heart.
Skr. svasar-, Av. xanhar-, Waxi xüi; Tirahi spaz, Grw. išpō, Bs. As. sus, V. siusu, Wai. 808, Gwr. sase, Paš. sai, Trw. šu, S. să; but Kh. ispusăr, sister.
Skr. surya-; Bs. As. su, V. isi-kh, Wai. soi, Trw. si; but Kl. suri, Ks. siri, &c., the sun.
Skr. bhaskari; Ks. basi, a kind of almanac.
Skr. anguri-, anguli-; V. igi, Aš. añur or anu, Trw. angi; but Wai. agur, Kl. anguṛya-k, Bs. angyur, Grw. angir, a finger.
Bs. gol, V. gul, Wai. göl, S. kui, a country.
Skr. kāmalā, jaundice; Ks. kabal or kabay.
Intimately connected with the general question of the syncope of medial r, r, 1, 1, is that of the apheresis of r (§ 299) and the syncope of r and when forming a member of a new compound consonant (§ 307). See also § 325, where the connexion between Dardic r and l is discussed.
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