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APPENDIX

চোর and চোর were formed. Prof. D. R. Bhandarkar thinks that the Sanskrit word চোর comes from the tribal name চোল or চোড়.

(7) চ্ছুরিত—from ক্ষরিত.
(8) জটা—from যুক্ত; a matted lock of hair not being easily separable into component parts.
(9) ঝটিকা—from ঝড়; so also other words of ঝ initial.
(10) All words with ট, ঠ, ড, ঢ initials.
(11) তড়িৎ—from ত্বর indicating quickness. From the very word ত্বর, তাড় was formed as an independent root (cf., তাড়ন, তাড়য়ামাস, etc.).
(12) দুর্ব্বা—Sanskritic form of দুব্ব or দুব্বো which is an অপভ্রংশ of দর্ভ.
(13) ধান্য—a pseudo-respectable form of ধান; ধানা (fried paddy = লাজা) was adopted in Sanskrit without change.
(14) নাটক—from নৃত্ to dance.
(15) পটহ—from প্রহত comes পহত or পহট and then by metathysis.
(16) পীড়, পীড়ন—comes from পিষ্ট of the root পিষ্.
(17) Excepting a few words such as ফল, ফাল (plough-share) and ফেন almost all words having ফ initial; even the word ফল is suspected to be of Dravidian origin.
(18) ভট্ট—from ভর্ত্তা.
(19) মড়ক—from মৃ; used in the sense of plague.
(20) মাম and মাতুল—already referred to and discussed.
(21) রণ্ডা—a pure দেশী word.
(22) লুণ্ঠন—from লুট, originally that which is lost by theft, i.e., which becomes লুপ্ত.
(23) বঙ্কিম—from বক্র we got first বঙ্ক in Pāli.
(24) বল্‌মীক—from বম্র, বম্র and বম্ল being one and the same the word was formed by metathysis.
(25) বাট—from বর্ত্ম.