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Hindi
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *per- Hindi -वाला (-vālā)
Inherited from Sanskrit पाल (pāla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Bengali -ওয়ালা (-ōẇala).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-वाला • (-vālā) m
- (highly productive) one who does
- चाय (cāy, “tea”) + -वाला (-vālā) → चायवाला (cāyvālā, “tea seller”)
- डब्बा (ḍabbā, “box”) + -वाला (-vālā) → डब्बावाला (ḍabbāvālā, “lunch deliverer, dabbawallah”)
Descendants
Suffix
-वाला • (-vālā) m
- denotes agentive verb forms
- लिखना (likhnā, “to write”) + -वाला (-vālā) → लिखनेवाला (likhnevālā, “one who writes”)
- छींकना (chī̃knā, “to sneeze”) + -वाला (-vālā) → छींकनेवाला (chī̃knevālā, “one who sneezes”)
- denotes prospective verb forms; going to, about to
- मैं वहाँ जानेवाला था। ― ma͠i vahā̃ jānevālā thā. ― I was going to go there.वो यहाँ आनेवाली है। ― vo yahā̃ ānevālī hai. ― She is going to come here.वो यहाँ आने ही वाली है। ― vo yahā̃ āne hī vālī hai. ― She is about to come here.
Adjective
-वाला • (-vālā)
- doer (of a verb)
वह झूठ बोलने-वाला आदमी नहीं है।- vah jhūṭh bolne-vālā ādmī nahī̃ hai.
- He is not a man who lies.
- possess a feature (of a noun)
- नीली आंखों-वाली लड़कियां। ― nīlī āṅkhõ-vālī laṛkiyā̃. ― Blue eyed girls.
Declension
Declension of -वाला (ā-stem)
References
- (suffix) McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “-वाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- (adjective) McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “वाला”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1176
- “वाला”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “वाला”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “वाला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.