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G. A. Grierson — On the Kagmiri Noun. 
[No. 1, 
1. Words signifying human castes or professions, form their 
feminines by adding hay (vi. 2 ) [to the oblique form used in the 
case of compound words. Vide post, under that head]. [The word 
then means ‘ wife of so and so ’ ]. 
Thus :— 
IV bat?, a Brahman 
batabdy , a wife of a Brahman. 
dar, name of a Brahman caste darabay, wife of a J)ar. 
haul, name of a Brahman haulahdy, wife of a Kaul. 
caste 
son a r, a goldsmith 
son a rbdy, the wife of a 
goldsmith. 
?srTT hhdr, a blacksmith 
N * 
’sTTTSTT*? hharabdy, a blacksmith’s 
wife. 
We can only use this for human beings. Thus, kotarbdy 
means the wife of a man of the hotar caste, and not the wife of a 
pigeon ( hotur), the feminine of which is 3rT<T^ hot 
Cf. No. 9. 
2. When respect is not intended holay is substituted for 
hay in the meaning of wife (vi. 3). Thus: — 
arefpsRT bataholay; 
So from 
chan, a carpenter 
Cf. No. 9. 
chdnaholay, the wife of a carpenter. 
(3) All words ending in u-mdtrd, change it to u-mdtra in the 
feminine (vi. 4), thus :— 
W pat u , a board 
13& mot u , fat 
gar 11 , hard 
3 T^ gur u , a horse 
dob u , a washerman 
* 
T&^pat”, a tablet, 
i 
ic(z mwat *. 
A 
1 
gar *. 
qur * a mare. 
vj > ** 
^ dwab ■*, a woman who does wash- 
i 
ing. [Thus 5T[«r ^ Jan a dwab *. 
A 
Jana the washerwoman. A 
washerman’s wife would be 
dwab l bay .] 
