[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872) › v3.c19.63 # A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.63 A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.63 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.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. - [Previous: v3.c19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.62) - [Next: v3.c19.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.64) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.63) · Pramāṇa