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AKSHARMALA(Introduction to Gujarati Script)
DR. JAGDISH J. DAVE
© Gujarati LiteraryAcademy
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EXERCISE
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anh drizzle
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: good : easy : tremble id : bite
: thirst : move : supreme id, : essence
: a bridegroom d^H : soft RAd : a sail : stay
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: a journey : weep : smile ^dd : jewel
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: a man d?i : control ^Hd : a game
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hi : size : solid : which
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Hi : pride : a house : prestige
: forest-fire tin : money : a worm,
a maggot: grind tiy, : rush
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: a muslim festivai : escape
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: find : banley
: obstinacy •W : dust
: duty : decorate
: muslim pilgrimage to macca <^?l : credit
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: bind seeds W : a measuring rod Hid : digestion
: told : the world R,1 : create
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§16 : get up §6^ : mouse0
§1^1 : grow : threshold
§ln : wool : source
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Write down thealphabet and remember the sequence. This is important because ailthe Gujarati dictionaries follow thissequence:
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