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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1860

1861

The first passage states that Scylax " set out from the city of Capatyrus and the country of Paktyica and sailed down the Indus." The second says " there are other Indians bordering on the city of Caspatyrus and the country of Paktyica settled northwards of the other Indians." Had the Afghans says Capt. [...] It is curious that the European languages even the ancient ones seem to have lost this preference of the passive construction in the past tenses to the active though it may still very distinctly be traced in Latin in the favourite gerundive construction in the form in which the ablative absolute most frequently appears and in the peculiar conception that must exist in the mind of the speake [...] 4. In addition to.the distinctions of gender known in the Arian languages the Semitic languages also distinguish gender in the pronoun of the second person and in the second and third person of the verb. [...] If The English ant and the Persian mor of the same signification seem wide apart yet by the aid of the Pushto we are able to point out a very probable connection between them ; ant is for and cotracted from emmet from the Gothic atnaild according to Grimm ; from this the German a-incise ; the Pushto is _ (Ineje) also pronounced mega which connects with the second syllable of the Greek fL [...] It has already been intimated that the affinities of the language to the Zend are great ; the only two languages that may be thought able to dispute this claim would be the Sanskrit* on the one hand and the Persian on the other.
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Pages
169
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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Is the Pushto a Scmitic Language ?—By the Rev. Isidor Loewenthal Peslhawur
323-345 The Secretaries view
Remarks upon an ancient Buddhist Monastery at Pu-Gân on the Irrawaddy.—By Lt.-Col: A. Phayre Commissioner of Pegu
346-351 The Secretaries view
On the Rocks of the Damuda Group and their associates in Eastern and Central India as Illustrated by the Re-Examination of the Raniganj Field.—By W. T. Blanford Esq. Geological Survey of India
352-358 The Secretaries view
Report on Geological Specimens from the Persian Gulf &c. Collected by Captain C. G. Constable H. M. I. N. Coucludiny Portion by H. J. Carter Esq. F. R. S.
359-365 The Secretaries view
Notes Upon Some Remarkable Waterspouts Seen in Bengal Between the Years 1852 and 1860.—By Major Walter Stanhope Sherwill. —Boundary Commissioner —F. G. S.; F. R. G. S.
366-375 The Secretaries view
Note on the Races of Rein Deer.—By Edward Blyth
376-392 The Secretaries view
Literary Intelligence
393-403 The Secretaries view
Errata
404-404 The Secretaries view
Proceedings of Tiie Asiatic Society of Bengal for September 1860
405-453 The Secretaries view
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations Taken at the Surveyor General’s Office Calcutta
lvii-lxxxviii The Secretaries view

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