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rT or of the original HTTSqiT (see below pagG 42 , 4.)j in , of tlio consonant 
of tho original TTTfqqiT ; in qfT'3 of the consonant 3(r in the original qfrqtJ, 
though in tliG latter word perhaps the anunasika might be a substitute for 
the nasal qr of the noun qypiT, which also means crow. 
In Essay IV, it has been stated that the termination qfqr of bases 
formed with the affix is sometimes modified into ?;qr, and sometimes to 
and it has been shown how by these means some Marathi neuter nouns 
in f^and ^ arose. By an exactly analogous process of base-modffication, 
masculine nouns in X and ^ seem to have arisen. The principle which I 
shall attempt to illustrate is, that the Gaurian termination x of masc. nouns 
is derived from the Prakrit termination ; and the Gaurian termination 
^ of masc. nouns from the Prakrit termination But both Prakrit ter¬ 
minations and may arise in various ways : 1. The termination 
(i. e. ^ + qr) of a base may be modified to x^ or whence the nom. 
sing, would be in Skr. x^ : or in Prak. or ; thus : Skr. 
(amplified from qf^PH^r) becomes qfrTqifHqii; nom. sing. ; 
Pr. Gaur. qipfit (Hindi.)* Again, Skr. fq^PfiT^qr becomes 
fq-^T^rify^T; nom. sg. Skr. Pr. or fq«TTfV% ; Gaur. 
ffisrpct Mar.f Again Skr. q^fTrqy watchman ; nom. sg. q’fTrqn, Pr. q^T^ijT 
Gaur. q^TT, (Hindi) or q^KT (Mar.) ; but the base becomes also q^Tprqi, 
nom. sg. Pr. q^Tft% ; Gaur. (Low Hindi) q^-ft (or q^fpqT) ; 
moreover the base becomes also sr^T^; nom. Pr. WfA%, Gaur. 
(Hindi) q^ (or q^qT or W^y). Again, ^riqqr barber (Skr. «TTfqtT) ; 
nom. sg. ^rrqjfp, Pr. Wiq%, Gaur. (Hindi) ^T^lT; the base becomes also 
^TfqefT, nom. sg. ^nfqqy:, Prak. qi^Tfq% or ^TTfqiiT (see Sublia Chandra 
III, 50 . Hema Chandra I, 230 .) or «nv%; Gaur. (Mar.) or (Hindi) 
*fTV; the base becomes moreover ^nqqr, nom. sg. Prak. or 
»TRqiT or *rT3% ; Gaur. (Mar.) or (Hindi) Compare Skr. 
^Hfqy: a hind of sweetmeat , in Prak. which is in Gaurian (Hindi) 
^Tf or (Mar.) 
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2. The base may be one formed by the affixes X or (which, how¬ 
ever, are probably mere modifications of the affix so that the examples 
* See Hema Chandra I, 26, Subha Chandra II, 43, where qffpqcTis said to be in Pra¬ 
krit q^qfi ; Pr- Pr. IV, 15, has qf%^. 
f Or Skr. fqf^TqTTW, Pr - fqfsiWT^T^ or fqfei^TW 5 Gaur. fqferqiXT 
or fljf^rxiTTT (Hindi.) 
X The derivation of this word from the Skr. ^yqqf is quite clear from the Prakrit 
initial The servant who attended his master at his bath and shaved him, was called 
The Skr. *rTfqcT is probably a clumsy transliteration of the Prakrit title 
•nfqifciT / °r else a corruption of the base which would be an equivalent oi 
j^yqqi', as suggested in M. Williams’ Skr. Lexicon, 
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