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* '''tarlā''' (knowledge) is used as the head element of compounds, with a meaning like ''-logy'' in English. Sometimes the meaning is only abstracted (see second example) or has changed with time (see third example): | * '''tarlā''' (knowledge) is used as the head element of compounds, with a meaning like ''-logy'' in English. Sometimes the meaning is only abstracted (see second example) or has changed with time (see third example): | ||
** '' | ** ''babhrām'' (land) → ''babhrātarlā'' (geography) | ||
** ''smoḍ-'' (to count, to enumerate) → ''smoṇḍarlā'' (mathematics) | ** ''smoḍ-'' (to count, to enumerate) → ''smoṇḍarlā'' (mathematics) | ||
** ''ladragyalah'' (inn) → ''ladragyaltarlā'' (economics) | ** ''ladragyalah'' (inn) → ''ladragyaltarlā'' (economics) | ||