1884.] 
Trade Dialect of the Naq^qdsh. 
11 
Cardinals. 
1 bi-n; liabb; nal, nal-as; ma-nu. But with bin compare the 
Dard bin. 
3 ye-ndir, ya-ndir, yi-ndir; wur-un ; ek-wai; se-att. 
5 rum. 
7 pbal; paint, baf-att. (pamt is used by tbe Debli dalals or touts). 
8 manz ; karba. 
9 (?) wan; kor-ag (?) for kam-agur, one less ten). 
10 kirr, agur. 
100 ner. 
Mnlti^licatives. 
tal; kan, (but kam = ka?^, for once, in Hindi). 
2 bod. 
1 bave given Persian and Arabic numerals as usually used (Avben 
employed at all) in India, as of course slang and trade dialeets would be 
quite impartial in tbeir adaptations and would take in any word tbat 
would suit. Tbe Persian numerals are so close to tbe Sanskrit and 
Indian tbat tbeir influence may be set aside, except perhaps in two in¬ 
stances in tbe Cbangar Dialect, viz.: — 
3 se-att. 
7 baf-att. 
Arabic influence may be visible in— 
2 ba-ndisb, (Naqqasbi and Zargari Kasbmirf) ; sa-nni and sau-nan 
(Zargari Panjabi and Hindustani)."^ 
9 kor-ag (Zargari Hindustani). 
10 agur (Zargari Hindustani). 
Some words, as sut-ri and siit for 20 in Zargari Panjabi and Hindu¬ 
stani, seem to be relics of tbe last portion of tbe old Sanskrit and Prakrit 
compounds vm-sati and vi-sa, just as wo-b-an, wii, bi-b, vi-b, bi-s, would 
be relics cbiefly of tbe first portion only. Perhaps wan, 9, Zargari Kash¬ 
miri is tbe same unless it be simply nau reversed.f 
Guided by tbe iJc terminations for tens in tbe so-called Kburasani 
Magaddi we may perhaps see something of the sort in yik-am, 100, Zar¬ 
gari Kashmiri; thus, sata, sad-ik, sai-kra, du-kb, yik-am. 
Although the above identifications seem satisfactory on tbe whole, 
and the words unaccounted for are few, still tbe terminations of tbe 
words remain in an unsatisfactory state. 
* Swan is used by tbe Debli dalals or touts for 2, a corruption there apparently 
of tbe proper name Soban. 
f Wan is tbe word used by tbe Debli dalals. Fallon in bis New Hindustani 
Dictionary gives a quantity of these numerals as those of brokers, dealers, etc. They 
are scattered about tbe pages and very difficult to collect, but it woald be probably 
worth while doing so and examining them. 
