LOAN-WORDS IN TIBETAN 597 



maslt occurs in the Ormuri language spoken in Afghanistan. Of course, 

 the form bagSis 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.] 



