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1873.] A. F. Rudolf Hoernie —Essays on the Gfaurian _ Languages . 
Gaurian , a Prak. or and Sanskrit Again touch is 
in Sanskrit in Prakrit Tffo or ufoqf; the latter lias a bye-form 
or (with the meaning branch of a river) which changes in old 
Gaurian to and in modern Gaurian (Marathi) to This derivation 
is proved by such neuter nouns as tear which stands for a Prakrit 
or and a Sanskrit ; and yoke which stands for Prakrit and 
C\ vj 
Sanskrit arpTR.* 
J s 
We have how discovered the derivation of all the Gaurian neuter 
terminal forms ; viz. 
Mar. y is derived from old Gaur. and Prak. 
r> ?j j? ?> v jj jj 01 
?> 
either 
5? 
?? 
Hindi Iff 
or 
L). . 
> is derived „ 
\3cf 
or€jf 
or 
yy 
^ ) 
U ( = ^) 
j? '* 
^ ( = ^RV) 
^ or wt 
Gujar. ) v 
* ' '1' C ^ ” ” ” ” ” 
JNaipali ) 
The neuter terminal forms, of which the derivations are here given, are 
the terminations of the direct forms of the Gaurian neuter nouns. We will 
now proceed to examine the oblique forms of the same nouns. And it will 
be seen that this examination will confirm the result already attained. 
We will first take the Marathi neuter nouns in #. These are divided 
into three classes ; (1) those which have no oblique form at all, as a 
C\ 
kind of vegetable ; (2) those which have an oblique form in "^T, (i. e., 
substitute for 4), as rff pony , oblique form W1FT ; (3) those which have 
# \*J \t) • • 
an oblique form in ^T, (i- e., substitute for ^), as tfT^ ship, oblique form 
rTTM (or rfRM). Now if we turn back to the list of derivations of the direct 
forms given above, we find a twofold derivation of the direct form in 
and it will be easily seen, that there is a close agreement between the two¬ 
fold derivation of the direct form, and the three-fold formation of the 
* Some other neuters of this kind are the following; ship for Prakrit 7 f j ag) 
bye-form of rTTT^f and Sanskrit a raft, float; 31 bile for Prakrit bye- 
fonn of Jiusri (= ampliiiecl from Sanskrit bile for Prak. bye- 
form of g-svf, and Sanskrit fq^cfTR. Again circumvallation for Prak. ^ and 
Skr. powder for Prak. and Sankrit cfce^RR ; handle for Prak. 
(— vj^efj), amplified from Sanskrit The change of the Skr. comp. cons, 
into vj is noticeable and exceptional; the regular change is into ^ (see Pr. Pr. Ill, 
40.), VI being the regular representative of ^ (see Pr. Pr. Ill, 12). Note also that 
the Hindi equivalent of the Mar. sf voice is gr^TT or of > the former of which would 
represent a Prak. form gp^ for (oTJPtf). The form occurs in the old Hindi 
of Chand ; e. g. in the verse. 
^JIR rfv>i ^ II Devagin Katlui v. 22. 
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