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2nd person 3rd person singular absolute future adjective Ahmad ákhta án-hán án-hí ání astán asten Balochí báz bíagh bitha chakha chí-e chíár chikhtar compound conjunctive participle contingent future dast-a dátha dative deagh denoting dighár edha English examples genitive gipta giragh give guda gwar gwashta hacho hál hand-a haw-án haw-e hechi him-by him-of Hindí infinitive janagh jatha kár khan khan-án khanagh khanagh-en khapta khas khat khutha láf locative logh logh-a ma-í ma-na mál mard me-by me-of me-to Mohan murtho n-en nariyán Nawán níáñwán noun past imperfect past participle Persian phadha phajía phalawa phar postposition prefix preposition present perfect tense pronominals pronoun Put into Balochí rang-a ravagh root rosh sakhía sál sánga sentence shuthagh-án shwá Sindhí struck suffix tha-i tha-ra Thau thee-of thee-to thí thou transitive verb túfak Urdú vowel wakht-a wath wath-í word zál
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Page 296 - Beloochees, mounted and drawn up in regular line, as if to charge the British detachment. With the speed of thought, the men of the latter were in their saddles, the next instant they were formed and riding at the enemy so fairly opposed to them. Janee and his men drew their swords and advanced with a shout, and valiant deeds appeared about to take "place; the ground looked firm and level for a fair passage of arms, when suddenly every horse of the British detachment sunk into the earth, some planted...
Page 193 - Suffice it here to say that when two objects are compared, that with which the comparison is made is put in the ablative case, like the Latin. Thus, for example, 'this house is high...
Page 40 - ... first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh twelfth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth twentieth thirtieth fortieth fiftieth sixtieth seventieth eightieth ninetieth one hundredth...
Page 36 - Arabic words of the form jj_«j tafll, 1 are feminine. Some words are arbitrary in their gender, just as in English a ship is feminine. These must be learnt by practice. Words not included in the above categories are masculine. COMPARISON. This is made by putting the noun with which comparison is made in the ablative or instrumental case with er i se, and leaving the adjective unchanged; as ,.&, lf>-! <-,) <jwl l£jJ -^ yih larM us »e achchha hai, " This boy is better than that.
Page 294 - Sindh, and great losses were inflicted on the tribes generally. Major Billamore remained in the hills for nearly three months, when, having accomplished the object of his expedition, he returned by the Nafusk Pass. The plundering excursions of the Bugtis were thus checked for a time, but they soon recommenced their raids and forays, and in April, 1840, Lieutenant Clarke, with a detachment of...
Page 6 - ... the point of the tongue, make a hissing emission of breath. In the formation of zh, the forepart of the tongue is drawn up nearly to the roof of the mouth, allowing an emission of partially vocalized breath between the tongue and teeth. Sh is a whispered utterance with the mouth, as in zh. L is made by raising the tip of the tongue to the roof of the mouth, and allowing the breath to pass out by the sides of the tongue, in a vocalized sound. R is formed by allowing the breath, with a slightly...
Page 3 - CJ, by placing the tongue against the back of the upper teeth. J has a sound resembling the English d in dame ; but it is generally heavier. It is pronounced by applying the tip of the tongue to the back part of the roof of the mouth. j[ <J, J, ^0 and ii have all one sound in Urdu, viz.
Page 194 - It will be noticed that the Ordinals are formed from the Cardinals by the addition of the preposition -me of, -r being introduced before a vowel for the sake of euphony.
Page 294 - Bugtis in the hills. At length, in 1845, provoked by repeated acts of lawlessness on the part of the Dombkis and Bugtis, Sir Charles Napier undertook a campaign with a dn-hdni dima shutha.
Page 293 - BO dangerous and frequent that after all other measures had failed a force was sent in October, 1839, under the command of Major Billamore to punish the offending tribes. On the arrival of the force at Bhuleji it was found that the Kachhi plunderers had deserted their country and taken refuge in the Bugti hills.