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From Sanskrit वाद (vāda, “saying, speech; assertion; dispute”).
-ਵਾਦ • (-vād)
- -ism; (added to nouns to form terms for ideologies or philosophies)
- ਸਾਮਰਾਜ (sāmrāj, “empire”) + -ਵਾਦ (-vād) → ਸਾਮਰਾਜਵਾਦ (sāmrājavād, “imperialism”)
- ਵਾਦ m (vād, “controversy”)