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...

Kashmir boasts a language which challenges every field of linguistics. Kashmiri is spoken by approximately 3,000,000 people. Its syntax, similar to Germanic and other verb second languages, has raised many significant issues within current generative theories proposed by Chomsky and other prominent linguists.