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Is the Pushto a Semitic Language ? 



[No. 4 



The following also are submitted to the inspection of the learned 

 reader, though I have not met with their Zend equivalents ; literary 

 material is not abundant on the Afghan frontier. 

 Sans. púrven (-dyus) Pers. c¿^ Pushto Oj^ (pan'm) yesterday. 



svádu 



>j 



L&*- 



55 



^^L (Mwa/) sweet. 



sveda 



j> 



Lsy» 



55 



^JjA (Mwale)* sweat. 



hanu 



» 



€ J 



55 



^j (zane) chin. 



khalváta 



55 



jr (bald) „ 



íyA^ (kalawa) shave. 



ke9a (hair) 



55 



s~4 



55 



{S ^^ (kausai) ringlets. 



laghu (light) 



55 



o^ (or 



e* 



jl (la; or lag) little. 



duh 



55 





55 



^ji (lwash) milk thou. 



lomaca 



55 



&D 



55 



?>jj¿f) (lombara) fox. 



charman 



55 



(^ 



55 



f 



i¿y^y^ (tsarman) hide. 

 ^L* (máshe) midge. 



makshi-ká 



55 



u~¿° 



•i 



£-* (mach) fly. 

 ^¿x* (muchai) bee. 



músha 



55 



{J>y° 



55 



$j*> (maja) mouse. 



krid, kruc 



55 



M - *íj 



55 



\jj (zhará) cry. 



ve 



55 



ob 



55 



8j (wa) weave. 



sevaní 



55 



^ir-t 



55 



i¿¿í¿> (stan) needle. 



bhrú 



55 



Jb* 



55 



A^jjj (wrádza) brow. 



vríhi 



55 



&- 



55 



ijsijj (wrije).í rice. 



vara 



55 



M 



55 



jlj (wár) Fr. fois. 



grí 



55 



jU| 



55 



L£j*j (rxghrí) he swallows. 



pá 







55 



djjj (po-wul) to feed. 



pay-as 







55 



isi (pay) milk. 



tur 







55 



jA> (ter) swift. 



chhid 







55 



¿2*. (chaud) split. 



chír-na 







55 



(jíji*- (tsíre) torn. 



as dumb, thumb, for Germán dumm, daum ; or chambre, hombro, hambre for 

 camera, humero, f ame (s). 



* D ínto l. 



f YuLiers 1 derivation from <l)j (_£>•*• " latus feriens" does seem to be mareel- 

 lous nonsense, when the Latín suo, Gk. ctvüj (in Kaaravw) and the Sanskrit root siv 

 (Westergaard, Radd. Ling. Sans. p. 261) are considered. 



X Lassen conjeetured tliat. the oíd Persian ought to have been brízi ; the 

 Pushto seeniá tu udd nmch í'orce to his iní'erenee. 



