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AKSHARMALA(Introduction to Gujarati Script)

DR. JAGDISH J. DAVE

© Gujarati LiteraryAcademy

2 Beechcroft gardens, WEMBLEY, MIddx. HA9 8EP (U. K.)

All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retriev:.'system, or transmitted in any form or byany means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,recording or otherwise, without prior written permissionof the copyright holders.First edition : 1986 Second edition : 1993

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ihb : (hard) (Strict)

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EXERCISE

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H6 : Akind of pulse; a monastery (HH : wander

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EXERCISE

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ibh : (hard) (Strict)

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EXERCISE

Write down the words with theirmeanings

ah : a fixed stare

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HHC-liH: many a button : a banyan tree

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Write downthe words with their meanings:

: juice : ice : fill : doubt

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: thirst : move : supreme id, : essence

: a bridegroom d^H : soft RAd : a sail : stay

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: a journey : weep : smile ^dd : jewel

VLih : a road : swimr

: get stuck : credit

: a man d?i : control ^Hd : a game

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Write down thefollowing words with meanings

hi : size : solid : which

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Hi : pride : a house : prestige

: forest-fire tin : money : a worm,

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: ten : a ceiling

: a muslim festivai : escape

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EXEEtCISE

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: find : banley

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: duty : decorate

: muslim pilgrimage to macca <^?l : credit

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Write down the words with their meanings: : beg

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: bind seeds W : a measuring rod Hid : digestion

: told : the world R,1 : create

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(3-i : fly : on, above

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§1^1 : grow : threshold

§ln : wool : source

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Revision

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Revision

Write down thealphabet and remember the sequence. This is important because ailthe Gujarati dictionaries follow thissequence:

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