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... become raging torrents . The regular monsoon , the mainstay of India , is unknown in Balochistán . Speaking of the country as a whole , the average yearly rainfall is probably not more than 8 inches . There are only six towns in this ...
... become raging torrents . The regular monsoon , the mainstay of India , is unknown in Balochistán . Speaking of the country as a whole , the average yearly rainfall is probably not more than 8 inches . There are only six towns in this ...
Page vi
... becomes anxious to know what all the bother is about . And so we might go on quoting , quoting without convincing . May we not leave the finding with the Baloch himself ? He , at all events , has tradition on his side . But there is ...
... becomes anxious to know what all the bother is about . And so we might go on quoting , quoting without convincing . May we not leave the finding with the Baloch himself ? He , at all events , has tradition on his side . But there is ...
Page x
... become a good digger , provided always he keeps up the effort long enough and continues to observe . It is only the ... becomes part of you . This is no mere fancy , but a fact that can very easily be proved and explained . The best way ...
... become a good digger , provided always he keeps up the effort long enough and continues to observe . It is only the ... becomes part of you . This is no mere fancy , but a fact that can very easily be proved and explained . The best way ...
Page xi
... become sorry to part with him . Have him with you on every possible and impossible occasion , going to your work , at your work , and coming from your work . Make no mistake about it , you will find in him an intelligent amusing human ...
... become sorry to part with him . Have him with you on every possible and impossible occasion , going to your work , at your work , and coming from your work . Make no mistake about it , you will find in him an intelligent amusing human ...
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... become t , d , and r in Balochí . But this is not a hard and fast rule by any means . 6. Quite on the contrary , words introduced from the English , a class , by the by , becoming more numerous daily , harden these same three letters ...
... become t , d , and r in Balochí . But this is not a hard and fast rule by any means . 6. Quite on the contrary , words introduced from the English , a class , by the by , becoming more numerous daily , harden these same three letters ...
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2nd person 3rd person singular absolute future adjective Ahmad ákhta án-hání án-hí ání astán asten Balochí báz biagh bíagh-e bitha chakha chí-e chikhtar compound conjunctive participle contingent future dast-a dátha dative deagh denoting dighár English examples genitive gipta give guda gwar gwashta hál haw-án haw-e hechi him-of Hindí imperative infinitive intransitive janagh jatha kár khan khan-án khanagh khanagh-án khapta khas khas-e khat khutha killed láf logh logh-a ma-i ma-na mál mard me-by me-of me-to Mohan murtho n-en nariyán Nawán níáñwán noun passive passive voice past imperfect past participle Persian person plural phadha phajía phalawa postposition prefix preposition present perfect tense pronominals pronoun Put into Balochí rang-a ravagh root rosh sadh 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 37 - English one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty-one thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred...
Page 298 - 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 38 - ... 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 34 - 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 297 - This was carried into effect; but after wandering next day many miles in vain, over an unknown and pathless waste, the attempt to reach such active enemies was unwillingly abandoned, and the troop returned to Ooch. Scarcely, however, had the horses of the party time to drink, when, as if by magic, suddenly appeared, not half a mile off, opposite to an opening in the hills, Janee, Rahmut, and a hundred Beloochees, mounted and drawn up in regular line, as if to charge the British detachment.
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 282 - As Hassan lay at night by the side of one of the tents, his feet bound together by a leathern thong, he heard the neighing of his horse. As is the custom in the East, it passed the night in the open air near the tents; but its legs were fastened together, so that it could not move. Hassan knew its voice ; and wishing to see his favorite horse once more, he crawled along upon his hands and knees till he reached the spot where...
Page 301 - Id baloch-dni khnhistdn and the bravest leader in the Baloch hills, and immediately fitted out an expedition against the Zarkuns. The Marris appear to have fomented the strife, and gave a passage through their country to the Bugti force, which consisted of almost all the Bugti fighting men, led by their chief. This force passed into the Kohlu valley over the Bibur Thak Pass and fell on the village of Oriani.