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1873.] 
A. F. Rudolf Hoernle —Essays on the Gaurian Languages. 
ST? «TT«T«TT W; or p. 24, rTTH°fa^T WUI WT^f 
H wif?ltf ^ (—high Hindi ^cfT %.WT?TWT ?dT 
■flT^TT H*IT*T ^ ). It may be remarked in confirmation of this view, that the 
declension of the infinitive in ?rf is apparently defective ; it occurs only in 
the nominative (in «rf) and locative (in f*r) ; e. g., p. 4, sifcT 3f<l<T 
3TPH ^ ( = H. Hindi "§3 ; p. 0. ^ffr ^TOTT (H. 
H. ^TJIT). But in the other cases the oblique form in "if of the infinitive 
in is substituted for the oblique form in M of the infinitive in «rf; e. g. 
WT W qwi #T ( = H. H. #T) ; or ir W Wt *}TrT 
WT «TT^f ( = H. H. cfr^- ). In the Marwari (form of the 
low Hindi), I believe, the infinitive in cff # is even the only one in use ; see 
the vocabulary appended to the “ Selection of Kliyals or Marwari plays” 
(Beawr Mission Press, 1866) ; e. g., to open (wt^rt) ; rTTW^f to leave 
(TqplcfT); f^crif to cause to give (f^rTWT) ; fcf^if to quit (fsRRWT), etc., 
etc. ; examples are : 
-STTW TTWJR TT W^TT^T TT HT*H I 
*1TTT fTT^T T5FTrft 5TT*?T II e. g. 
H. H. Ti'w c?f«T^T ^»T W*K5T ^TT I 
wwttt ^rew^MT tt^pht ^ ^t*itwt ii 
Play Hungarasinha p. 4, 
nsww cftwT % onTT^T whit ii 
WT W wit ^ 5ft W ^T^TT «TT^T II 
H. H. *Fw^T WT WT*TT w ^ SfT^TJT II 
Play, Angrez our Patlian p. 73, 75. 
As regards Panjabi, I am inclined to think that what the Ludiana 
Grammar calls the indefinite participle and which is not declinable, is, 
in reality, that other form of the infinitive. It terminates m T which is 
identical with the oblique form of the Braj Bhasha infinitive in .—As 
regards Bangali, it possesses both forms of the infinitive, viz. in ^ and 
in ^«[T; as and efrfr^T to do. The latter form in is to be com¬ 
pared with the Braj Bhasha oblique form in T/f of the infinitives in ; 
# I write the Marwari Infinitive (in -iff) as well as the Braj Bhasha infinitive 
(in Iff) with a final Anunasika. The printed hooks that I have seen, never have it. 
The reason is that by the vulgar a final nasal is often very indistinctly pronounced, 
sometimes even altogether dropped; e. g., the local particle fj is in Ganwarf and 
other low Hindi dialects commonly pronounced only -fj or fN. Nevertheless there is 
no doubt whatever, that the correct form is iRor For the same reason the form 
with the final Anunasika is the correct form of those infinitives ; for only the Norn, 
sing, neuter of the part. fut. pass, is capable of expressing the infinitive idea, that is, 
the mere act of the verb, see the sutra of Panini quoted below; e. g\, can 
only bo a corruption of but n °t of ^fTVfsq, us in Latin agendum may stand for 
agere but not agendas. 
