Tamil suffix

-ஆளி

-āḷi
agent

Register

native

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

N

allomorphs -āḷar

Status

Establisheddraft

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Words built with -ஆளி

தொழிலாளி
toḻilāḷi
one who works
தொழில்+-ஆளி

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

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

French

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

Hindi

  • -कार
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
  • -वाला
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -दार
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs P)
  • -गर
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs P)
  • -वादी
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)

Telugu

Tamil

this affix: -ஆளி