8 THE ORMURI OR BARGISTA LANGUAGE. [§ 15. 



(6) Similarly, for compound consonants we have" pt in Av. haptaiti-, 0. awai, 

 seventy ; but Av. ysvipta-, O. sippi or slpi^ milk ; jn in Av. y^ajna-, O. ^aw ^ sleep • 

 and (Skr.) sp^ in Skr. sp'atayati, O. xi^^srawl, he opens ; Skr. sp'urati, 0. x'U'^i^i ^^ 

 trembles. 



(7) w = an original b only in borrowed words, such as Av. ^^bar-, O. wr-iyok, to 

 carry ; Prs. ab-rlz, borrowed as O. awriz, a privy. 0. wr-iyok must be borrowed from 

 P. 'wr-"l, for, in 0., original initial b =b. See § 41, i, 2. 



(8) w has been inserted after g in 0. yward-ek, to roar, if it is connected with 

 Skr. y/gard-, gardati, which seems probable on the analogy of P. yar-ed"l, Bal. 

 garr-Uy. Cf. ElyA, 39, where the former is derived from Skr. A^gr, grnati. This O. 

 word is however borrowed from P. (§ 47). Other more certain instances of the inser- 

 tion of w are Phi. candlnitan, 0. hwan--ek, to shake out dust ; Av. spaeta-, O. spiw 

 (with elision of t), white. 



(9) Syncope of v occurs in Av. ^bu-, bav-, 0. bi-yok, to be ; and of 9w in Av. 

 cadimr-, 0. har , four. 



§ 15- y- 



{1) r = original r : — 



{a) Initial : — Skr. rat'ya-, Av. raioya-, 0. rai, a road ; Av. raoyfia-, 0. run^ clari- 

 fied butter ; Skr. v/n's-, O. >^/ras-, to spin. 



{b) Medial: — -Av. ars-, O. rax, truth; Skr. urana-, 0. wrai, a mountain sheep; 

 Av. garjwa-, 0. guru, a kid ; Av. gairi-, 0. grl, a mountain; Av. cadwar-, 

 0. har, four; Skr. tarati, he crosses, O. tar, elapsed ; Skr. taruna-, tender; 

 O. tlrl, moist sugar; Av. y/t9rds-, 0. ^tra-{trayek), to shy; Av. \/9war9s-, 

 O. \/tras-, to cut ; Av. ^dar-, 0. darl, he owns ; Av. dardyU-, O. dray, 

 long; Av. dvar-, 0. bar, a door; O. Prs. parana-, O. pran, yesterday; 

 Skr. parigud'nati, 0. paryilnl, he dresses himself; Av. pairi -^ ^/vaxs-, 

 0. y/praw-, to sell; Skr. pari -\- x/st'a-, O. ^/prast-, to worship; Skr. 

 pari -\- y/sic-, 0. ^prusn-, to sprinkle ; Av. maoiri-, O. mar-hot, an ant ; 

 Av. morgya-, O. mirg' , a bird ; Av. vara-, rain, 0. yora, it rains ; Av. sarah-, 

 O. Srt/', the head ; Av. y/zar-, 0. zark" , a woman ; Av. hazanra-, 0. 2ar, 

 a thousand; Av. x^asttra-, O. xSiV, a father-in-law ; Av. v/x^ia!^-, O. x"'«<ra, 

 he eats, but infinitive and past participle x^<^^-^k, with change of r to / 

 (§ 17, 3)- 



(2) Similarly, r represents an original r or |^, as in Skr. grnati, 0. y«>F, he roars ; 

 Skr. >/dr, dlryati or drnati, he rends, O. r-'ck, rent. Skr. wsya^g, he is selected, O. 

 ywarsl, he appears good. 



(3) r does not represent an original /. The one apparent example, Skr. palala-, 

 O. paror" , rice-straw, is borrowed from India. Cf. Sindhi parar". The change of a 

 to is due to the influence of Waziri P 'sto (§ 46). 



(4) When an original compound consonant contains an ;', the whole generally 

 becomes 0. sr (§ 29, i). But in a few cases it becomes r. Thus, Av. *cadrudasa, O. 

 hares, fourteen. But here the Av. er is not a genuine compound, as is evident from 



