1870.] Contributions towards Vernacular Lexicography. 



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Sanscrit 



Prakrita 



Bengali 



43* 



^T^ 



3T3» 





^'t : 3l\ 



i* 



sH 



t§f% 



fas* 



e^t?: 



T5tf?r 



T5T?T 



*r* 



*fT^ 



*(T5 



^ ] 



* 



W<f 



W y 



^CWl 



W^1 



*<&«** J 



^99^ 



C^*1t?1 



*r<3 



^S 



*\n 



J^^ef 



Ws^t^ 1 



WTfasr 



^jjg ' 



isrj 



^RTt 



5T33T 



^^5F 



3? 



^tw^t 



>J95fT<!^ 



^tfT?", STtfT? 



«nr-*r 



^T??r 



^t?r 



iSCSTW^t 



C$?t$1 



C3?" 



^^t*l 



cstws 



cftw 



Vf$j3Tf*t 



*re?rc5T 



*tc«i?r 



C"ST\5*T 



OTTSTC51 



Ottm 



^Wt 



*reT?rei 



^ra?: 



^T*f*r 



^^Ttftsi 



^■far? 



^§5Tft\*t 



^facii 



^fr*f 



1«ft\*[ 



*reT*OTl 



*TT$1*f 



^Ufsvq 



^T^W1 



WTT?T*t 



fiv^s. 



Sftfil 



fa*t 



F^lfsvt 



5%^t«rtcni 



C?T?Tfw*t 



^^ 



»[« 



*f. 



Such words as i«i^j*f and<rt^*t are evidently derived from ^R\«f 

 and TTt^VT. In ^£|<^*T the anusvdra is first elided as in ^*f from 

 f3"\*tfs, and the final vowel of <& being elided, it assumes the 

 form of iflfgs*T (^J^C*T). This form is found in Hindustani, 

 which has i^<55t*t for twenty-one. In Bengali, a less masculine 

 and more euphonic language, in the strong sound of hoi the long i 

 is slightly and gradually flattened, till it becomes ^l^*f, which again 



