A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.63

v3.c19.63

“If.”—Skr. यदि, generally pronounced and written जदि, is universal. H. shortens it into जद and जे (= जइ, with loss of द) and जो, by rejection of final *i*, and द goes out, its place being supplied by व and उ; thus जद = जव = जउ = जो. Persian अगर اگر is also very common. P. जे and जेकर. This last introduces कर for करि "having done." S. जे.