A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c5.129

v1.c5.129

§ 39. *उ* into *अ* and *इ*. Here also instances are few, and Vararuchi has had to resort to some doubtful words, as *maüdam*, *maülam*, for *mukuṭa*, *mukula*, where Skr. has also *makuṭa*, *makula*. *U* becomes *i* in Pr. in *puriso* for पुरुष, but the moderns use *purusho*.