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PHONETICS. GENERAL VIEW. 



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(2) Regarding Av. ■>/bar-, O. wri-yok, see § 14, 7. Regarding Av. dvar-, O. and 

 Kurd, bar, a door, see § 35, 3. 



(3) In the case of Av. Skr. \/pac-, O. pax-'ek, to cook, the change of initial p 

 to 6 in the O. present stem bizl, he cooks, is difficult to explain. Comparison with 

 Phi. pazem, Prs. pazam, Kurd, be-piz, etc., shows that it is very probable that this 

 change really has taken place, and that it is not an instance of the adoption of a 

 different stem for the present base. Possibly, there may have been conflux wijh 

 Skr. b'rjjati, he roasts, O. brastak, brazl. 



(4) Initial br = original bv , &V, in Av. brazaiti^ Skr. b'rajate, O. brusl, he glitters. 

 Skr. \/b'm]'j-, b'rjjati, he roasts, 0. brazl, he burns. An exception is Av. * 

 0. ra&ai, a brother's son, in which the initial br is represented by r. See 

 29, I and ig. 



(5) Original mb is represented by O. m (§ 20, 2). 



15, 4; 



42. Generai< View of Vowei/ and Consonant Changes. 







Ormuri. 







Eranian. Indian. 









Remarks. 











Initial. 



Medial. 



Final. 





a 





«, 3, I 



aphseresis, 



3,7 



", 2, I 



«, 3, I 

 a, 4, 2 



h ^,5, 2; 



6,2; 9,3,4 



u, 0, w, 



7,2; 11,3 

 syncope, 



3,8. 

 nasaUzed, 



«, 3, 9 



apocope, 

 3,9 



f 



ollowed or preceded by ;'. 

 mder influence of neighbouring 



palatal or r. 

 inder influence of neighbouring 



labial. 









3,10; 4,4 







a 

 e 

 d 





«, 3, 2 



a, 4, I 

 ^5,3;6,3 



", 2, 2 

 «, 3, 5 



preceded by guttural, 

 under influence of r. 



i 

 I 







syncope, 



9,6 



h 5, I 



«, 3, 3 



i, 6, I 





in preposition nis. 



u 





wu, 7, 4 



«,3,4 





after guttural. 



u 







syncope, 



7,5 

 w, 8, I 









u 





w, 7, 3 







