4.1. The phonological and morphological features of Indo-Iranian loanwords are strikinglysimilar to those which are characteristic of Sanskrit loanwords, i.e. words which are only attestedin Sanskrit and which must have entered the language after the Indo-Aryans had crossedHindukush. The structure of Sanskrit loanwords has been discussed by Kuiper 1991, so that afew examples will suffice.The mai??kha-type (trisyllabic words with long middle syllable) is abundantly attested inthe foreign vocabulary of Sanskrit, cf. urv?r??- f. `cucumber', u?l?ka- m. `owl', us?n???s?a- m.n.`turban', r?b??sa- n. `oven', kapola?- m. `cheek', ka?r?s?a- n. `dung', kil??sa- adj. `of variegated color',kis?ora?- `foal', may??ra- m. `peacock', mas??ra- m. `lentil', s??rd?la?- m. `tiger', s?r?g?la?- m. `jackal',etc.34.1. The phonological and morphological features of Indo-Iranian loanwords are strikinglysimilar to those which are characteristic of Sanskrit loanwords, i.e. words which are only attestedin Sanskrit and which must have entered the language after the Indo-Aryans had crossedHindukush. The structure of Sanskrit loanwords has been discussed by Kuiper 1991, so that afew examples will suffice.The mai??kha-type (trisyllabic words with long middle syllable) is abundantly attested inthe foreign vocabulary of Sanskrit, cf. urv?r??- f. `cucumber', u?l?ka- m. `owl', us?n???s?a- m.n.`turban', r?b??sa- n. `oven', kapola?- m. `cheek', ka?r?s?a- n. `dung', kil??sa- adj. `of variegated color',kis?ora?- `foal', may??ra- m. `peacock', mas??ra- m. `lentil', s??rd?la?- m. `tiger', s?r?g?la?- m. `jackal',etc.34.1. The phonological and morphological features of Indo-Iranian loanwords are strikinglysimilar to those which are characteristic of Sanskrit loanwords, i.e. words which are only attestedin Sanskrit and which must have entered the language after the Indo-Aryans had crossedHindukush. The structure of Sanskrit loanwords has been discussed by Kuiper 1991, so that afew examples will suffice.The mai??kha-type (trisyllabic words with long middle syllable) is abundantly attested inthe foreign vocabulary of Sanskrit, cf. urv?r??- f. `cucumber', u?l?ka- m. `owl', us?n???s?a- m.n.`turban', r?b??sa- n. `oven', kapola?- m. `cheek', ka?r?s?a- n. `dung', kil??sa- adj. `of variegated color',kis?ora?- `foal', may??ra- m. `peacock', mas??ra- m. `lentil', s??rd?la?- m. `tiger', s?r?g?la?- m. `jackal',etc.34.1. The phonological and morphological features of Indo-Iranian loanwords are strikinglysimilar to those which are characteristic of Sanskrit loanwords, i.e. words which are only attestedin Sanskrit and which must have entered the language after the Indo-Aryans had crossedHindukush. The structure of Sanskrit loanwords has been discussed by Kuiper 1991, so that afew examples will suffice.

The mai??kha-type (trisyllabic words with long middle syllable) is abundantly attested inthe foreign vocabulary of Sanskrit, cf. urv?r??- f. `cucumber', u?l?ka- m. `owl', us?n???s?a- m.n.`turban', r?b??sa- n. `oven', kapola?- m. `cheek', ka?r?s?a- n. `dung', kil??sa- adj. `of variegated color',kis?ora?- `foal', may??ra- m. `peacock', mas??ra- m. `lentil', s??rd?la?- m. `tiger', s?r?g?la?- m. `jackal',etc.34.1. The phonological and morphological features of Indo-Iranian loanwords are strikinglysimilar to those which are characteristic of Sanskrit loanwords, i.e. words which are only attestedin Sanskrit and which must have entered the language after the Indo-Aryans had crossedHindukush. The structure of Sanskrit loanwords has been discussed by Kuiper 1991, so that afew examples will suffice.The mai??kha-type (trisyllabic words with long middle syllable) is abundantly attested inthe foreign vocabulary of Sanskrit, cf. urv?r??- f. `cucumber', u?l?ka- m. `owl', us?n???s?a- m.n.`turban', r?b??sa- n. `oven', kapola?- m. `cheek', ka?r?s?a- n. `dung', kil??sa- adj. `of variegated color',kis?ora?- `foal', may??ra- m. `peacock', mas??ra- m. `lentil', s??rd?la?- m. `tiger', s?r?g?la?- m. `jackal',etc.3