1870.] Contributions loioards Vernacular Lexicography, 



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<sfc" <etsi, dl1> 



In the word sft^Jf, or ^fteTgSi, the law of transmutability of letters 

 is carried to the maximum : it is evidently a corruption of #t v f*te i T, 

 where Jf is changed to *T, and *T to 5T, and lastly »f to if or Sf ; some, 

 however, derive it from ^ft^cr ^f«T. 



In some cases, vg stands for 5, as *pj\ S{W\ ^T5, and in others for 

 «T, as ?J"t^1 from sfWf' — 1%%t% 



The ^ is changed into *5 or >s, as — 



^T?\ C*FT?T 



^■ef ClTll 



In the following ^ stands for ^— ^31— 3tff3", ^Tlll. In the word 

 f?^t^ the second 3", being »«, is changed into <r1 in Bengali, 1%?fT3> 



ft*fc*1— fort. 



The following is a list of some words traceable to the Prakrit. 



«rrcn 



<5rsf*fl 



^T*ft^ 



'stt^re 1 ^ 



^5^-8 



^T^TSl 



^i\ 



<pjS 



^5^1 



<$%W\ 



^^eTf 



5911 



l a 



5t 



t^ 



jpfsfsr 



^tcari 



<P9fC?5T 



3>5g*f 



^.135 



Vtfw 



51% "V 



5TK 



5Tfc 



9«i 





9ft 



ZgSSf 



«U1 



*5i («i«t) 



3; ^3 



5TSI 



5t«i 



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