-वाला

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

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Sanskrit पा (pā)?

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Sanskrit पार (pāra)?

Sanskrit पाल (pāla)

Hindi -वाला (-vālā)

Inherited from Sanskrit पाल (pāla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Bengali -ওয়ালা (-ōẇala).

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; going to, about to [when used with exclusive emphatic particle ही (hī)]

   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)

1. 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.

2. possess a feature (of a noun)

   नीली आंखों-वाली लड़कियां। ― nīlī āṅkhõ-vālī laṛkiyā̃. ― Blue eyed girls.

Declension

Declension of -वाला (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	-वाला -vālā	-वाले -vāle	-वाली -vālī	-वाली -vālī
oblique	-वाले -vāle	-वाले -vāle	-वाली -vālī	-वाली -vālī
vocative	-वाले -vāle	-वाले -vāle	-वाली -vālī	-वाली -vālī

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.