Hindi suffix

-पन

-pan
abstract state

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

ADJ · N

allomorphs -pana

Status

Establisheddraft

mcgregor

Words built with -पन

बचपन
bacpan
the state or period of being a child
बच्चा+-पन
अकेलापन
akelāpan
the bad feeling of being alone
अकेला+-पन
पागलपन
pāgalpan
the state of being mad
पागल+-पन
मीठापन
mīṭhāpan
the state of being sweet
मीठा+-पन
नयापन
nayāpan
the state of being new
नया+-पन

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -ness
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ity
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -hood
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ship
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -dom
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

  • -ité
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -té
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -esse
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -eur
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ie
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -itude
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -ance
    register-matched functional equivalent

Hindi

this affix: -पन

    Telugu

    • -తనం
      register-matched functional equivalent
    • -త్వం
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • -త
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • -రికం
      register-matched functional equivalent

    Tamil