Hindi compound element

-विज्ञान

-vijñān
field of study

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

N

allomorphs -शास्त्र

Status

Establisheddraft

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Words built with -विज्ञान

भाषाविज्ञान
bhāṣāvijñān
the study of language
भाषा+-विज्ञान
जीवविज्ञान
jīvavijñān
the study of life
जीव+-विज्ञान

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

  • -ology
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)

French

  • -logie
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)

Hindi

this affix: -विज्ञान

    Telugu

    Tamil