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THE IffOVN. 



[Extra No. 



THE NOUN. 

 I — Teeminatiok's. 



1. Balochi nouns in their formation correspond closely with Persian. 

 The original terminal vowels have been lost, and the majority of nouns 

 now terminate in consonants. There is no distinction of gender. 



2. Vowel-endings. 



a. The majority of nouns ending in a are borrowed from Sindhi or 

 Arabic. In the former case a sometimes represents Sindhi o, therein 

 corresponding more nearly with Panjabi ; e. g., 

 Ar. haya, dua. 



Si. bha, jhera, thora, trama, vela. 



The words wazha, za, chawa, pasna and bega are not borrowed. Of 

 these wazha (P. khwajah) and bega in inflected forms drop the a, and take 

 the termination ah as a base of inflection ; e. g., 

 wazha, pi. wazhahan, lords 

 bega : abl. begaha, in the evening. 



The borrowed noun vela time, is similarly treated. Other nouns 

 ending in a take no inflections. Some Sindhi nouns as jhera, tliora have an 

 alternative form in o which can be inflected. 



1. This is a common termination being commonly used as in Persian 

 to form abstracts as duzi, ' theft' from duz ' thief,' saki strength from sak 

 ' strong' &c., also as the termination of other abstract nouns not directly 

 formed from Balochi bases as shadhi 'rejoicing,' ziyani 'injui-y.' It occurs 

 also in other nouns as godi ' lady,' druhani ' pistol,' mavarki ' assembly,' 

 pahli 'rib' (P. pahlu). A as a termination of borrowed words i is also 

 found as in chari ' spy,' mehi ' buffalo,' phalli ' section of a tribe.' 



O is of frequent occurrence both in pure Balochi and in borrowed 

 words ; e. g., 



Balochi di^Mo, mist (P. dud). 



di^Mo, 



mist 



sh&fMo, 



dove 



hathlo. 



mortar 



na^7«o, 



uncle 



goMo, 



span 



moMo 



spider 



go 



race, prize 



Jo 



watercourse 



gwando 



alligator 



duggo 



eagle 



jaddo 



care 



phalo 



direction 



