Hindi suffix

-वादी

-vādī
agent

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

N

Status

Establisheddraft

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Words built with -वादी

समाजवादी
samājvādī
adherent of socialism
समाज+-वादी
राष्ट्रवादी
rāṣṭravādī
adherent of nationalism
राष्ट्र+-वादी

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

  • -er
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -ist
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)

French

  • -eur
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -iste
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)
  • -ien
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -ant
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -ier
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)

Hindi

this affix: -वादी

    Telugu

    Tamil