A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.59

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§ 83. Conjunctions.—In Hindi the common word for “and” is और, Old-H. अरु, अवर, from Skr. अपर “other.” In B. and O. it loses the final consonant, B. ओ, O. अउ. In B., however, एवं, pronounced ebong, is very common; and आर “also.” P. अते, often shortened into ते, probably from Skr. अंते “at the end,” “afterwards,” as well as अर (अपर). S. अउं, अइं, ईं or ई, in which the fondness of S. for the *i*-sound comes out. G. uses generally तया literally “then.” It has besides य and ओ for “also,” which belong to the group from अपर. G. अने, shortened ने, I am disposed to connect with P. अते, and ascribe to Skr. अंते. In the former case the त has been lost, in the latter the न. It may, however, be allied to M. आणि, अणखी “and,” from Skr. अन्य “other.” In all the languages, however, the shorter conjunction व is in use, side by side with the words given above. The ordinary Skr. च has left no descendants. The Gipsies use *te* or *ta*, which agrees with P., also *u*, which is Persian و.