Loan-Words in Tibetan 597 



masit occurs in the Ormurl language spoken in Afghanistan. Of course, 

 the form bagHs with g (No. 145) does not occur in India. 1 

 173. Argon occurs in Kashmiri in the same sense. 



1 The final g (pronounced k) is a purely graphic, not a phonetic phenomenon; 

 Tibetan writing has no final k.— {B.L.J 



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