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माया /mɑyɑ/ 'love, affection' गाय /ɡɑy/ 'a cow'
खोवा /kʰowɑ/ 'cheeze' चाव /cɑw/ 'interest'

खोया /kʰoyɑ/ 'bark' चाय /cɑy/ 'tea'

दावा /dɑwɑ/ 'foundation, medicine'

दाया /dɑyɑ/ 'pity'

k) Some more phonological contrasts
Though consonants of Bhojpuri have already been presented, some of them

might be phonetic cross-linguistically, so, phonological contrasts between them are
presented below:

(11) a. Minimal pairs of ड /ɖ/ and ड़ /ɽ/

Word-initial Inter-vocalic Word-final
गडी /ɡʌɖi/ 'a bundle of paper notes' मूड /muɖ/ 'mood'

गड़ी /ɡʌɽi/ 'a cart, coconut' मूड़ /muɽ/ 'head'

भडाक /b ̤ ʌɖɑk/ 'noise of air from anus' गाड /ɡɑɖ/ 'guard'
भड़ाक /b ̤ ʌɽɑk/ 'noise of explosion' गाड़ /ɡɑɽ/ 'bury'

सडक /sʌɖʌk/ 'shut up' कोड /koɖ/ 'code'

सड़क /sʌɽʌk/ 'road' कोड़ /koɽ/ 'dig'

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b. Minimal pairs of ढ /ɖ/ and ढ़ /ɽ ̊ /
Word-initial Inter-vocalic Word-final
̈ ̈
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ढेढर /ɖeɖʌr/ 'Sclera' गूढ /ɡuɖ/ 'mysterious'
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ढेढ़र /ɖeɽ ̊ ʌr/ 'a grass-plant' गूढ़ /ɡuɽ ̊ / 'retributive'
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गूढी /ɡuɖi/ 'mistery'
गूढ़ी /ɡuɽ ̊ i/ 'retribution'
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औढर /ɔɖʌr/ 'excessively pleased'
औढ़र /ɔɽ ̊ ʌr/ 'monopoly'

c. Minimal pairs of र /r/ and ल /l/
Word-initial Inter-vocalic Word-final
रग /rʌɡ/ 'pride, juice' मरल /mʌrʌl/ 'to die' बेर /ber/ 'time'

लग /lʌɡ/ 'near' मलल /mʌlʌl/ 'massage, clean' बेल /bel/ 'wood-apple'

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