-వాదము
Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाद (vāda, “speech; thesis, doctrine”). Current meanings formed from the secondary meaning of "thesis" or "doctrine", itself from the primary meaning "speech". Cognate with Hindi -वाद (-vād).
Suffix
[edit]-వాదము • (-vādamu)
- used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof. Equivalent to English -ism