Appendix D. 227 
foctbulary of the Kashmiri Language.—By L. Bowrine, Esq., 
Commissioner of Mysore. 
The following vocabulary was prepared in Kashmiri in 1851, after 
comparison with another copy in Urdu. 
It may be observed of the Kashmiri that the pronunciation of the 
letter 6 is very broad, resembling the aw in aw/ul, as for instance ‘ mél,’ 
father, read ‘mawl.’ The language also affects the compound letter 
ts in lieu of ‘ch,’ as ‘tsor,’ four. 
The formation of the plurals of substantives is irregular, but they 
generally take the affixes ‘ cha’ and ‘ chi.’ The genitive of substan- 
tives takes its gender from the noun preceding, not from that fol- 
lowing as in Urdu. 
The particle os is not used with verbs. The great number of Sans- 
krit words existing in Kashmiri is evident, but there are many words 
peculiar to the language. The character is generally written with 
Persian letters, but a form of Nagri is also in use. 
Substantives. 
Air akash Boat nau, shikéri 
Apple tstint Brick sir 
Ass khar Book pith 
Arm nar Buffalo moesh 
Army fauj Bread tsuit 
Age bujar Breast vachh 
Assistance yari Badness yach 
Answer uttar Beard dor 
Arrow tir Bone adij 
Abuse lék Bill tont 
Bird pak Breath shah 
Brother boi Brass sartal 
Boy lokat Business kom 
Branch lang Basket phut, dak 
Barley ushak Bush kradzal 
Butter thain Blood rath 
Blackberry bar Bag thil 
Birth parsun Bow kaman 
Bridge kadul Blow chék 
