HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.
5
be ud ld o j j j u* ^ js J» L ]o J or u, which then takes
'Ci <**0 -& x/'
tashdid, and is pronounced as double ; so, ^
(awi mmu-n-nds) the common people.
c __
To these may be added the Arabic ('tanwin)*
formed, in writing, by doubling the vowel with which the
word terminates, and subjoining alif if that vowel hap-
pens to be fafha ; so, (khususun) (khususin)
# 9 9
(khususan) particularity, particularly: the vowel in
* Of the terms here used, yj and^jj and are Persian words,
the rest are Arabic. jj above and^jj unden' are given as names to the
vowels from their respective positions : hefore, on account either
of its being placed a little before the consonant which it follows in
O
utterance, or of its being sounded at the fore part of the mouth : aosas
L>
opening, because the vowel is pronounced with the mouth open : £
o
or s breaking, because the voice is broken, as it were, in the
enunciation: ^ or contraction, froiii the manner in which the
o
hps are drawn together : compression, as it is uttered with a
O
slight compression of the throat.; amputation, because the letter
over which it is placed is severed from the following in pronunciation :
^ or extension, because it prolongs the enunciation of a letter :
JoJwU corroboration, as it doubles the power of a letter : conjunc-
tion, from its joining together words : nunation, or addition of
the sound of the letter (nun).
5
be ud ld o j j j u* ^ js J» L ]o J or u, which then takes
'Ci <**0 -& x/'
tashdid, and is pronounced as double ; so, ^
(awi mmu-n-nds) the common people.
c __
To these may be added the Arabic ('tanwin)*
formed, in writing, by doubling the vowel with which the
word terminates, and subjoining alif if that vowel hap-
pens to be fafha ; so, (khususun) (khususin)
# 9 9
(khususan) particularity, particularly: the vowel in
* Of the terms here used, yj and^jj and are Persian words,
the rest are Arabic. jj above and^jj unden' are given as names to the
vowels from their respective positions : hefore, on account either
of its being placed a little before the consonant which it follows in
O
utterance, or of its being sounded at the fore part of the mouth : aosas
L>
opening, because the vowel is pronounced with the mouth open : £
o
or s breaking, because the voice is broken, as it were, in the
enunciation: ^ or contraction, froiii the manner in which the
o
hps are drawn together : compression, as it is uttered with a
O
slight compression of the throat.; amputation, because the letter
over which it is placed is severed from the following in pronunciation :
^ or extension, because it prolongs the enunciation of a letter :
JoJwU corroboration, as it doubles the power of a letter : conjunc-
tion, from its joining together words : nunation, or addition of
the sound of the letter (nun).