SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION ADOPTED IN THIS WORK. 



As a uniform system of transliteration, which can be employed both for Eranian 

 and for Indo-Arj'^an languages, has to be adopted, I follow in the main that used in 

 the Index of the Grundriss der iranischen Philologie, Vol. I. It will be observed that 

 the transliteration of the Nagari alphabet necessarily differs in some respects from 

 that usually followed in India. 



The following is the transliteration adopted for the Perso-Arabic alphabet as 

 employed for Ormuri, as well as for other Eranian languages. 



I alif. 



^ b. 



^ P- 



Li. t. 



^ h 



t ^ 



t X- 



^ d. 



^ d. 



i 8. 



) r. 



r. 



9 



(k. 



z. 



I- 

 s. 

 s. 



J 





ST. 



W 



s. 



J' 



?' 



J» 



t- 



j; 



?.■ 



e 



c 



t 



y- 



^ 



/■ 





k. 



^ 



g- 



J 



I. 



r 



m. 



c^ 



n or' when representing nun 





yunna. 



J' or ^ 



n. 



i 



V, W, 0, u. 



A 



h. 



(^ 



y, e, I. 



• 



a. 



^ 



I, e. 



f 



u. 



Waw-e-ma'dula is indicated by a small "^ above the hne, as in Prs. x"'^^, self; O. 

 x"'Mm, he may eat. 



System of transliteration employed for representing the Avesta alphabet. 



a, a, e, e, 9, 9, o, o, a, a, i, I, u, u.—k, g, x, y, c, j, t, d, 6, 8, t, p, b, /, 

 w, w, n, m, y, v, w , r, s, z, s, z, h, x^'. 



