The origin of Babu. The case- endings and pro- nouns, 394 BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [ Chap: swell (from Sanskrit ক্ষ,রিছে ; its present form 15 ফুলিছে), In Crikrisna ৮115 :-সছ- 6০০৮০], বাকড়ে_-১০)৭, আউদর-_-0151)6৮61160, পোকান-_2 5010. In -various other works of this period :—sSy—your, etaj—to keep, atai—another, a@ftq—now, Ftee— I shall go, %Sf2—son, ¢c%i(¥—son, Fi—old (applied to objects as Z¥l ¥¥—an old bow), তেবে- 0860, করিলে] 010, মিলে_-$০ ০০, তাইক-_9 1700, সোমাইল _(0:91061, বিহদ্াইল--0155099.7০ণ, কীদ্িয়োক লইলা__ 1১০2৮) (0 01চ, ছকর-__০ 10০92 নাহ|_101%, Afait4si— Sugriva, qws—loudly, fr-tyi—ant, safe —to inform. The word 7%, not in the sense of a son but in that of a father or a guardian is often found in the works of Vijay Gupta and other poets. In the former poem we find the desciples of Dhanvantari addressing him as @{%, and the goddess Padma addressing her father Civa by the same word. 1 is evident that the modern @fq1s derived from 3% and it originally meant a father as the word বাপ does now. The words of which a list is given above occur in nearly all the old works comprised within this chapter. For the sake of convenience, however, | refer in most cases to particular authors from whose works [ happened to note them. The case-endings of words and forms of pronouns, the examples of which I find in the works are also included in the following list. First person, singular, nominative =tf4, মুই, আমি, আমিহ, মো. Second person, singular, nomi- 9৪1৮০ তুম্মি, তুমি, তুহ, তঞ্চি, Third person nomina-
