-वाला

See also: वाला, वेलू, वल, वली, वेला, वाले, and -वाले

Hindi

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.lɑː/, [ʋäː.läː]

Suffix

-वाला • (-vālā) m

1. (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

• → English: wallah

Suffix

-वाला • (-vālā) m

1. 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”)

2. denotes prospective verb forms; just about to

   मैं वहाँ जानेवाला था।

   ma͠i vahā̃ jānevālā thā.

   I was just about to go there.