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Sans. $iras Pers.^** Zend sara Pushto y (sar) head. 



? svar 

 vah 

 upari 

 pacu 

 pri 

 jihva 

 sthorin 

 kshapa 

 mr 

 masa 

 para 

 madhya 



jy± „ hvar (e) „ jy (nvvar) sun. 



( Jjjf ) vaz „ *•«!-; (basa) carry. 



ji Parsi, awar „ j* (par) over. 



oii*o ( ji* ) Zend pasliu *~»J (p sa ) sheep andgoats. 



prishtha „ ^j-* 



vrish 



U"J^ » 



pereta „ %*jj$} (piroda) bought, 

 hizva „ *J f (zhaba) tongue, 

 staora „ j*+*> (star) steer. 

 *^> (shpa) night. 

 j*> (mar) dead. 

 <x.L£U«3 (rnyashta) month, 

 i£)Ji (pore) beyond, far. 

 Axyo (myandz) midst, 

 parasta „ y^JJ (wrusto) back. 

 var ., <J<>J;j (war-edal) to rain. 



i— fc*» „ csap „ 

 J** „ mar „ 

 2Lc (# mah I. C.) „ 

 \j> (MI.C.) „ 



cjLvxj Zend maidhya „ 



vana (forest) (^ in &^) vana (tree) &j (wana) tree. 



nedistha „ ^y 

 (nearest) 



hasta „ 



jan „ !3 



paeh „ JrJ 



(9uch, „ 

 to shine) 



carad „ 

 (autumn) 



ap „ 



nazdista 



za9ta 

 zan 



(nazhde) near. 



<j«i( (las) hand. 

 Jjjj (zo-wul) to be born. 

 T -?v (p°^^) cooked. 

 ;j-« (sor) red. 



„ pac 



rj~> „ cukhra 

 and )y» (Parsi^Aj-w) 



&j+» „ 9areta „ jy» (sor) cold 



jy^ 



vid 

 ehhuri-ka 



ap ,. 



qar 



spar (re- „ 

 pandre) 

 zdaf „ 

 suwra 



tar (e.g. tiras = trans) taro J 

 giri „ gairi 



parama (primus) „ frathemo 



*Jj! (oba) water. 

 Jy^ (Ichor) 'ate. 

 (SJ$*" (spare) open. 



S.i) (zda) knowing. 



by (tura) sword. 

 y£> (ter) passing. 

 y- (gh&r) mountain. 

 \s^ { JJ (wrum-be)§ first. 



* I. C. for Cuneiform Inscriptions. 

 t In Ahura-ma-zda (Ormuzd) = Lord Multiseient. 

 X Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica, p. 135. 



§ I is an inorganic addition, of frequent occurrence in most langunges after 



2 Y 2 



