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assigned to that tongue, Bazja, king, Malay Razja ; Istrii, 

 wife, Malay Isterii* the same. 



Some words agree with the Persian, as Aswajaa, horse, 

 Asp; Rahasa, a secret, Baz — secret in the Chaldee tongue ; 

 Bandinjai, I bind, Band ; Dewijan, God, Persian Div, a 

 deity.* 



VI. — Of the Malabar Language spoken in Ceylon, 



But I conceive that before I leave this island I must say 

 something of the Malabar language. For a great part of this 

 island is inhabited by the Malabars, which part is commonly 

 called after the name of the Prince who rules over them 

 (Coilat Waned), and the extent of which can be seen in the 

 annexed map.j These are not subject to the Singalese King 

 nor to us, who possess nearly all the country along the sea- 

 borde of this island, but to their own Prince. Besides, 

 the greater part of the inhabitants of the maritime districts 

 use the Malabar tongue ; so that from the town of Negombo 

 to near about Dondere the use of the Singalese language 

 prevails, but in the district of Jaffnapatam and in the 

 remaining districts situated along the shore which are nearer 

 to the continent the Malabar tongue is spoken. 



By this means Malabar names have been given to certain 

 places ; as for instance to the island of Manaar, from Man 

 u sand," and aar 44 river " (as the most learned Baldaeus has 

 observed in his Description of the Island of Ceylon, p. 150); J 

 Caredive from Dive, an island, whence the name of this island 

 Selan Div and Serendib, and as Nindundiva, long island. So 

 also many names of places which end in ture, which means 

 harbour in Malabar, as Ourature, Paretiture, Colomhoture, 

 Corengoture, Caleture ; to which add those that end in 

 Patam or Patnam, which denotes city, emporium, in Malabar, 

 as Jaffnapatam. 



* These words are of course from the Sanskrit. 



f This is a copy on the same scale of the map published in Knox's book. 



% I suppose Baldaeus is responsible for fathering- this error, which still 

 has vitality, as for instance in Mr. Boake's Monograph on Mannar, p. 1. See 

 Ceylon Literary Register, IV., pp. 303, 322, 359. 



