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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ـدار (-dār). Compare Hindi -दार (-dār).
Suffix
-ਦਾਰ • (-dār)
- having, possessing, holding
- ਝਿਰੀ (jhirī, “slot, groove”) + -ਦਾਰ (-dār) → ਝਿਰੀਦਾਰ (jhirīdār, “slotted, grooved”)
Usage notes
Added to nouns to form both adjectives and nouns. Masculine nouns of the extended declensional subtype (that is, those ending in -ਆ -ā) usually take an oblique case ending before the suffix. For instance:
- ਰਿਸ਼ਤਾ (riśtā, “relation”) → ਰਿਸ਼ਤੇਦਾਰ (riśtedār, “relative”).
- ਪੱਤਾ (pattā, “leaf”) → ਪੱਤੇਦਾਰ (pattedār, “leafy”).
Derived terms