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138 it signifies walking; it is this হন্ which we meet with in our হন্‌হন্ করিয়া ছোটা. These words should not be confused with the words of onomatopoetic origin. In গালি-গোপ্তান, the second Persian word is a synonym of the first. I have heard school-boys saying আকাশ খুব clear পরিষ্কার হয়েছে; as a translation of police investigation we at times meet with তদারকের অনুসন্ধান in our Bengali newspapers. Whatever that may be, let me add a few more examples as may fall under this class. They are: ঘুরেফিরে, ঠেঙ্গিয়ে পিটিয়ে, ডেকে হেঁকে, তেতে পুড়ে, বন জঙ্গল, বন বাদাড়, বেঁচে বর্ত্তে, ভিজে তিতে, ভেঙ্গে চুরে, হাট বাজার, etc.

5. Almost connected with the fourth class is the class I now describe. To give special emphasis to an idea, two words are so joined together, as the second portions may indicate the consequence or completion of the action, indicated by the first portions of the compounds. A few examples are: আণ্ডা বাচ্ছা, উলট্ পালট্, কেঁদে কোকিয়ে, ঘসে মেজে, জ্বলে পুড়ে, টেনে হেঁচ্‌ড়ে, দেখে শুনে, ধুয়ে মুছে, নেয়ে ধুয়ে, নেচে কুঁদে, বুঝে সুঝে (সুঝে = to see), মেরে কেটে, রেঁধে বেড়ে, লড়ে ভিড়ে.

6. Such duplications as মানে মানে, প্রাণে প্রাণে should perhaps be classed separately, as they indicate—anyhow saving or protecting মান (honour) and প্রাণ (life).

7. It is difficult to say whether the second portions of the following compounds are meaningless additions, or that they once had some significance, and as such should be grouped under the fifth class. The words are:—কুড়িয়ে বাড়িয়ে, জুড়ে তেড়ে, কাপড় চোপড়. If the last named example is the representative of the প্রাকৃত idiom বত্‌থ-চিবর, চোপড় may be easily explained.

8. To indicate etcetera or 'the like,' the words are generally duplicated with the loss of the initial letters and by the substitution of ট for the initial letters. কাজ টাজ, ভাত টাত, মাছ টাছ are very familiar examples. When