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G. A. Grierson— On the Kagmiri Noun. 
[No. 1, 
sar ivhth. a camel 
<*s * 
* 3 T lihar. an ass 
And so other words 'signify in 
sjff vijgth", stout 
3T3’ gu(h u , stupid 
bot a , a Tibetan 
bugiy, a master 
zal , water 
JIT gar a , a house 
w&tin. 
<k. •'» 
kharih , (see No. 3) or *8^ 
khar*. 
animals. 
4^ vyath 11 , stout, but vethin 
(in a bad sense) stout, fat. 
Jif3"5^ guthin. 
botih , bufin), or 
bbtabay , a Tibetan woman. 
wfjl«T^ bugih , a mistress. 
zalin. sweat of the feet. 
Jifr^ garin, a good mistress of a 
house ; distinct from JIT^T^^T 
gar a wajen , a female house¬ 
holder (see No. 9.) 
« dob u , a washerman dwabin , a washerman’s club, 
\e *' | 
but •^■pr^T^T dwab'bay, a washer¬ 
man’s wife. 
(9) Certain nouns take an in the feminine (vi. 28.) 
(a) Names of castes. 
Note that bay (No. 1) is used as a feminine of respect; 
kobay (No. 2) is only used of a married woman, when spoken of in con¬ 
nexion with her husband, and without respect ; while ah is a 
general feminine, without signifying respect, thus :— 
bat a , a Brahman, batah , a woman of that caste. 
musalman , a Musalman 
hakagrakli , a vegetable 
seller. 
WT5T woh u , a shopkeeper 
musalmanah , a Muham¬ 
madan woman. 
hakagrakah. 
w any ah, a female shop¬ 
keeper. 
