‍ٹ (L1012605)

It was already a popular suffix in Sanskrit, as in capeṭá, karpaṭá-, vadhútí, etc. But this Sk. [-ṭ] was changed to [-ḍ] in MIA. Aw. [-ṭ] has the same semantic significance as Sk. [-ṭ]. But its preservation is unexpected. Beams (vol. II, pp. 121-22) is worried about the history of this suffix. He gives [-ṭ] suffix even in Pashto, as largoṭai "a small stick", but largai, "stick", and adds: "the existence of this form in Pashto is a confirmation of its antiquity and justifies my attributing it to the early tadbhava period." This remark opens up new vistas in the history of this suffix.If very ancient and not available in OIA definitely, possibly it may be from a substratum from i which Aryan and Iranian have borrowed commonly. Or it has been borrowed from Pashto. But the simultaneous existence of [-ṭ], [ḍ], [ṛ], [-r] and [-l] as diminutive suffixes suggests a chronological order of the development of this all-Indian suffix. (English)

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