Modern Kashmiri Grammar PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...to be bitter. Tsok, sour; tsokun, to be sour. Ziut, long; zetfww, to be long. 174. (6) From Nouns. Dag, a blow; dagun, to strike. Dor, a course, racecourse; dorun, to run. Gand, a knot; gandun, to tie, bind. Bar, defeat; Aaron, to lose. Ldr, flight; larun, to flee, to run after. Mar, murder; marun, to kill. Mandach, shame; mandachun, to be ashamed. Sher, arrangement, head; sherun, to accomplish, set in order. Tar, side, bank; tarun, to take to the side, ferry. Tol, a weight; tolun, to weigh. Wat, a seam: watun, to join. Yar, a friend; yarun, to be friendly. 3. Compound Words. These are principally formed by joining together two nouns or a noun and an adjective. 175. (1) Two Nouns. Athqpanji, a glove; from ath, a hand, and panji, the fingers. Dodqshur, an infant; from dod, milk, and shur, a child. Dun-dach, walnut grape, a particular kind of grape; from dun, a walnut, and dach, a grape. Gada-shikar, fishing; from gad, a fish, and shikdr, hunting. Gantbror, a kite (paper); from gant, a kite (bird), and bror, a cat. Gogajihdk, turnip-tops; from gogaj, a turnip, and hdk, green vegetables. Huniwushuk, tares; from hun, a dog, and wushuk, barley. Indarmohal, the long beam by which the Kashmiris pound rice by standing on it at one end, and working it up and down; from indar, a wheel, and mohal, a pestle. Kanas-dod, ear-ache; from kan, the ear, and dod, pain. Kanqwoj, an ear-ring; from kan, the ear, and woj, a ring. Kandqrwan, a baker's shop; from kandur, a baker, and wan, a shop; so puzwan, a butcher's shop, and rangqrwan, a dyer's shop; from puz, a butcher, and rangur, a dyer. Katqmaz, mutton; from kat, a sheep, and maz, flesh. Kdwa-dach, a black kind of grape; from kdwa, a crow, and dach, a grape. Latitdruk, a comet; from lat, a tail, and...