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a wide or narrow e or 0, the general law can be deducted that 

 all Maravarl es and 6s are derived from Apabhramsa and Old 

 Western Rajasthani ai and ail ; whilst all es and ds'are derived 

 irom Apabhramsa and Old Western Rajasthani e and o. Thus 



Mar. #< O.W. Raj., Ap. ^ T ; Mar. ^< O.W. Raj., Ap. *,: 



^< O.W 



W 



A few examples will illustrate the law better : 



W. Raj. WT< Ap. ^^< Skt. ^afa 



J 



. ^t«t "over"< O.W. Raj. ww^ 



W%, 



Mar. 



W 



Skt.* ^ruRfa, 



Mar. ?a> " seated ' ' < O.W. Raj. **^ < iAp. vgrersf^ < S 



Mar. ^fTf^ "grandson" < O.W. Raj. ^\u^< Ap. xm^ 



Skt. fam:, 

 Mar ^^| " conceals" < O.W. Raj. *w*T< Ap. 



< Skt. *rc<?PTf?r, 



^ " runs "< O.W. Raj. 



^■^ " slow " < O.W. Raj. *ro^< Ap. rare 



•> 



Mar. «fKft « jujube " < O.W. Raj., Ap. «ft^< Skt. «j^:- 



Mar. *ftr " peacock "< O.W. Raj., Ap. mt< Pkt. rar 



< Skt. W*, 



Mar. 3Tf;fT " oithakurs ! " <O.W. Raj. angj*t< Ap. 3liT?t, 

 Mar. $9 " plantain " < O.W. Raj. %f%< Ap. Wx Skt. 



Mar. ^qf " Rupade " < O.W. Raj. ipf* <Skt. *q$ff, 

 Mar. fw% "who"<,O.W. Raj. fw%<Ap. s* %<Skt.* 



Mar. ti <c by the sons " < O.W. Raj. #* ( < •#**) < Ap- 



The distinction between e, o and ^,o is, therefore, a funda- 

 mental one, and is accounted for by the existence of an etymo- 

 logical law, the very same law which is the chief characteristic 

 marking the passing of the Old Western Rajasthani into Guja- 

 rat! and Maravarl. Thus of the two sounds of e and o, the 

 narrow one seems to be as old as the Apabhramsa, whilst the 



