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^ ^ 9 9 
y ^ ^)} tC ^ ~ I 8jb t3 Lo A) A*fl> - (^<3 {J*** ) Lo 1 A;x j>j 
t ^ s , / * / / 
JJ J {J?)}* *- I “ 1 W ^’ £p) y ^ yw J Li® 3 y ** <**■• _)J Lfjr^ ~ *J 
* 9 r ' n 
y L &A. p 
x- . / / >■ x 
I A ~ u?y vly y-l? L$y A *? I y **r v u?y ■ Lgjf tj *> y^y **■ ^ ;y *> G 
^ 9 9 9 9 ^ ' 9 
y y^ p <w y byjjj I __} ^ ^j£_)y ~ ^ ^t>| 
J> J> 
Aa*. 
Ab 
AJ 
9 9 9 9 r 9 
2 £> y o <$-a» 8} Ab ' L&2** •• ^ <*^ y° ^ ~ ^ ^ )ii 
, 11 
a» )%■ 
» >7 
c?;j* J^ Jy 
’;^ A 
* aA Ab ^ I yJ - bAj-O 
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f " * s> 9 * 
~ ^ ^ Lf*^ iJf- & ■ bl^w'lj 4 ( J t > A R> j L£}{ *7? *} f„)j y *UAb 0 
* t , , f S'".. * 
bLtibb - jA<>a$J ^ %J <Ak y ■ A/i b^J AJ to ^| A*i>> - {_£y£> y^ At lo Aasw^ Sy<^ A.p».y} y3^ 
- ^ 9 9 
y ; l ;t <o -E;JU - ^ Jj »j ^ A* yjj " *A? J ^ a? 
*t A>y^ ■ ^ j^ *> y 5 ^ ***> to q - L?}/ Mjf ! (j'y **> jj y& - 6 jy j ^ yj y 
> l *£ H 5 3 yi 1 " a^ 3 ^v y y o3; y o ^ 5 y t° 
{Jp ^ > <f ix{t * 7 ? 9 <**> J Jy to - (yX jL> | At y bj *a. bj 7 ^ y y i^jP *** *} 
ijpf 8 3 ^ ^v* '3 ^3 ^ to - (^o jy u y j t y ^i /yiy ^«iio 
r ' 9 
*y bi *J$ ^ - yt d!?yy ^ £)> & a - n u?;y ; y ^ y yy 
^ 9 9* 
3 bj yu. y* - (^^1 I/O - y y) bj <**. Ab ^ u a? ^n/ 3 ^3y - a*a U 
> 9 9 
txtt - (jy^ u u ja«^ a* 4> y> 3 a j^t ’VjIao l> &*. - £ y aJ u y y.j u - y ^ 
1 ^ frequently changed to ^ by Afridis and Orakzais : cp. e *- c - 
2 Page 356, Note 3. 
3 y. M — ^.i . This adjective is very commonly used among Afridis. 
* > = Yusuf. JoJjjy . 
B = aiU . Colloquially it is frequently pronounced as though there were an |, a in the first syllable. 
9 9 9 9 
6 Contracted, = iG^) j or *^>jJ ^ . 
7 A word in use among Afridis and Orakzais, = a plank, beam. 
3 | , = , the initial * being occasionally dropped. 
9 In the Afridi and Orakzai dialects, the transitive verb, past tense, in cases where the object is impersonal or 
understood, frequently takes the 3rd pers. sing, form in preference to the more grammatical 3rd pers. plural. 
9 
1° j, contracted from ^ 
* ' 
>1 In certain cases, the verb changes its j into ^ as above. 
I 2 An essentially Afridi expression, = Yusufzai Aj^jo, back. 
