-ওয়ালা

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Bengali

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-
    Sanskrit पा (pā)?
    Proto-Indo-European *per-
    Sanskrit पार (pāra)?
    Sanskrit पाल (pāla)
    Bengali -ওয়ালা (-ōẇala)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀅 (vālaa), from Sanskrit पालक (pālaka, “protector, keeper”), from पाल (pāla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with​ Hindustani -वाला (-vālā) / والا (vālā).

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -ওয়ালা • (-ōẇala)

    1. -er (agentive suffix); possessor; owner; dealer; seller; practitioner
      বাড়িওয়ালাকে মাসের শেষে ভাড়া দিতে হবে।
      baṛiōẇalake maśer śeśe bhaṛa dite hobe.
      Rent must be paid to the house-owner at the end of the month.

    References

    • Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
    • Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
    • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 57.
    • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 670,671
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