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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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HHC-liH: many a button : a banyan tree

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: fight become 2^1 : go away, bid it.

eia : a lock of hair Hi grass, hay : bend

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: a bother cldd motherland clH«l : a whirlpool

HC-l : a moment (Hd life

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: juice : ice : fill : doubt

: good : easy : tremble id : bite

: thirst : move : supreme id, : essence

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

; earn : wander W : play : chariot

^2 : speak repeatedly h?. : do WX : bark : fright

: 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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: forest-fire tin : money : a worm,

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: a muslim festivai : escape


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: leave ; ah apple

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: bind seeds W : a measuring rod Hid : digestion

: told : the world R,1 : create

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

Vowels :

Consonants:

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