A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c4.31

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Tadbhavas are those words which, though evidently derived from Sanskrit, have been considerably changed in the process, though not so much so as to obscure their origin. Such are H. आंख “eye,” from Skr. अक्षि; कोइल a “cuckoo,” Skr. कोकिल; गधा an “ass,” Skr. गर्दभ.