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COKSONANTS. 



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labial v (bh in Ellis's palfeotype), which it receives when followed by a 

 consonant or as a^ final, and in borrowed words of Sindhi origin. With 

 both pronunciations it often corresponds with Persian b; e. g., 



B. zawan P. zaban 



B. warna P. barna 



B. savz P. sabz 



B. whav P. /f/twab 



Combined with h, w is pronounced like English wh in wJiich ; wh and 

 w alone often correspond with Persian 7clnv ^ or JcJi followed by a labial 

 vowel (u, u, o). The guttural is either preserved in the aspirate h^ or mora 

 frequently lost altogether (see h) ; e. g., 



B. whan P. ^7iwan 



B. whar P. Jclmkr: 



B. wash P. 7c7msh 



B. wan-a^^ P. Mwan-dan 



B. war-ay/i P. A;/mr-dan 



l» m corresponds with Persian m. 



s corresponds with Persian s. 

 ^Jt sh as an initial corresponds with Persian sh. As a final and medial 

 it corresponds either with sh or z ; e. g., 



B. shaf P. shab 



B. ash P. az 



B. namash P. namaz 



B. seshin P. sozan 



B. rosh P. roz 



Sher ' below' seems to correspond with Persian zer, but there is no other 

 case of initial sh corresponding with z. Sher may be a contraction of 

 ash-er ' from below.' 



j z corresponds either with Persian s or z ; e.g., 

 B. zuwar P. suwar 



In the following words z corresponds with Persian d ; viz., 



B. zi P. di roz 



A. zan-a_5f^ P. dan-istan 



B. zama^A P. damad 



In zi ' yesterday,' mazalvi ' great,' vAnaffh ' luiow,' and zirde, a poetical 

 word meaning ' lieart,' the original Zend z is preserved. In zama^A z 

 represents an original j. 

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