A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c18.37

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The infinitive of the Gipsies ends in *áva*, and probably belongs to this group. Paspati writes *keráva* “to do,” *láva* “to take,” *dáva* “to give,” *sováva* “to sleep,” *mangáva* “to ask,” *ruváva* “to weep,” which may be transliterated perhaps कराव, लाव, दाव, सोवाव, मंगाव, रुवाव respectively. These are words of the Chingana or Turkish Gipsies. Those in Bohemia apparently drop the final *a* and shorten the *â*, as *chorav* “to steal” (चोरव), *kerav* “to do” (करव), *chinnav* “to tear” (चिनव). Those in Wallachia appear to pronounce the termination as *ao* (अओ or आओ?), as *jao* “to go” (जाओ), *hao* “to eat” (हाओ), *peo* “to drink” (पेओ).¹