Tamil suffix

-காரர்

-kārar
habitual agent · agent

Register

mixed

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

N

allomorphs -kāraṉ, -kāri

Status

Establisheddraft

madras_tl

Words built with -காரர்

கடைக்காரர்
kaṭaikkārar
one who keeps a shop
கடை+-காரர்

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

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

French

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

Hindi

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

Telugu

Tamil

this affix: -காரர்