Appendix D. 



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Voc'abulary of the Kashmiri Language. — By L. Bowring, 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 awful, as for instance ' mol,' 

 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 1 and l chi.' The genitive of substan- 

 tives takes its gender from the noun preceding, not from that fol- 

 lowing as in Urdu. 



The particle <V 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. 





Aii- 



akash 



Boat 



nau, shikari 



Apple 



tsiint 



Brick 



sir 



Ass 



khar 



Book 



piitli 



Arm 



nar 



Buffalo 



moesh 



Army 



fauj 



Bread 



tsiit 



Age 



bujar 



Breast 



vachh 



Assistance 



yari 



Badness 



yach 



Answer 



uttar 



Beard 



dor 



Arrow 



tir 



Bone 



adij 



Abuse 



lek 



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 



chdk 



