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1874.] A. F. B/udolf Hoernle— Essays on the Gaurian Languages. 
Their oblique form ends in High Hindi and the Low Hindi dialects of the 
Braj Bhasha class in ^; that is, their termination changes to ^ir, 
^3% ; e. g., bitter, gen. 3T^i 357 ;—ifj% 3 T wolf gen. 357;—xp^7T 
watchman, gen. q-^^m 357, # -—3513171 small crow, gen. 3573 m 37; — small 
pot, gen. 35T; -f3W3T small dagger, gen. f3f>3 35T. But in Marathi and 
in the Low Hindi dialects of the Ganwari class the oblique form of 
these nouns end in 3H, that is the termination remains unchanged to 
outward appearance ; e. g., the Mar. TTEJT small Ram ; gen. TTiRJT (i. e. 
^•j-JTqT xfy) • Ganw. 31"^f3T horse, gen. 3T1TT7T 35 ; %Tf^3T drinking pot, gen. 
35; xp^7T watchman, gen. q^T7T 3f, etc. This circumstance, 
however, should not mislead to the conclusion that the oblique and direct 
forms are (formally) identical; that is, that in Gaurian these nouns belong to 
the proper Gaurian element. That this is probably not the case, but that 
the identity of the terminations of the oblique and direct forms is merely 
the accidental result of phonetic modifications, is sufficiently indicated by 
the fact that those terminations are different (i. e. and ^ ) in the other 
Low Hindi dialects. According to the method previously explained, these 
oblique forms would originate thus ; e. g. the genitive of the Prakrit iffe% 
would be or or ; the latter form becomes in Gaurian, 
by inserting the euphonic semivowel 3, (originally which is 
the oblique form of the word in Ganwari; next, the final is contracted 
into thus or (with euphonic inserted) iifsm, and this is the 
oblique form of the word in High Hindi and Braj Bhasha. 
In conclusion, I will again add tables, exhibiting at a glance the results 
arrived at in this essay and the previous one. 
In the next essay (VI), I propose to examine an old Hindi oblique 
form of an altogether different kind from those hitherto discussed ; viz. 
the oblique forms in f% and 
# These three nouns are also High Hindi, and not diminutive; iffirqT is derived by 
means of the affix ^eff from iju sheep ; just as gardener from Tff^fT garland and 
Tables. 
