Some Topics in the Development of OIA MIA NIA

Author(s): H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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7. Voiceless consonant + nasal/v changed to double voiceless stop of the same class as the nasal
In MIA- there is a number of instances exemplifying a dialectal trend of changing a nasal consonant or v in the cluster voiceless consonant + a nasal consonant or v> to < a double voiceless stop of the same class as the nasal consonant or v >. They are noted below :
sn
Sk.
tṛṣṇā
'thirst'
vrsni
'A Yadava clan' Compare Bengali kitho vaiṣṇavi)
km.
rukmi
rukmini
kṣm
paksman
-tm
kutmala
'bud'
-tm
Sk.
ātmā
'self'
-sm
uṣmā
'heat, warmth'
bhiṣma
sleṣmā
'mucus'
yuşme/*tusme 'you'
Pk. tiṭṭhā
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ruppi
ruppiņi
pappani
kumpala
vitthi
in amdhakaviṭṭhi etc.
(Pk. kittha- <Sk. kṛṣṇa-) and boṣṭami (Sk.
Pk.
appă
*upphä
bhippha
seppha
tu(p)phe (Eastern Aśokan)
IAL 5941
G. rupen (name
of a river) G.papan IAL 7638
G.kapal IAL 3250 'tender shoot'
IAL 1135
G.haph IAL 2441
Pischel § 214, 312 IAL 12744
IAL 10511