2. PHONOLOGY
sy syaar sya:r jackal
zy j,yaada zya:da: more
nr naR%ya nraty dance
ny nyaaya nya:y justice
mr maRga mrig deer
vy vyai@t vyakti person
hr )dya hriday heart
Initial three-consonant clusters
str s~I stri: woman
skr sk``Ina skri:n screen
smr smaRit smriti: remembrance
2.2.2.2. Word-medial Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters occur frequently in the medial position. Most of
these clusters are formed across syllable or morpheme boundaries.
There are some restrictions in the formation of consonant clusters as
follows: (i) two aspirated consonants do not combine to form a
consonant cluster, (ii) /ch/ is not combined to form a consonant
cluster, (iii) /d/ does not occur as the second member of a consonant
cluster. Examples of the consonant clusters are given below.
pt kPtana kapta:n captain
ps vaapsaI va:psi: return
fs Afsaaosa afsos sorry
fl gaF,lat gaflat mistake
fr naF,rt nafrat hate
fv AF,vaa afva: rumor
bn Sabnama šabnam dew
bz sabja,I sabzi: vegetable
tm Aa%maa a:tma: soul
dt bad\tr badtar very bad
dm badmaaSa badma:š rouge
kb ma@baUla makbu:l popular
kt ma@tba maktab school
kt A@Tr aktar actor
kd h@,dar hakda:r rightful owner/entitled
kr [k,rar ikra:r acceptance