Tamil suffix

-வாதி

-vāti
agent

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

N

Status

Establisheddraft

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Words built with -வாதி

தேசியவாதி
tēciyavāti
adherent of nationalism
தேசிய+-வாதி
மந்திரவாதி
mantiravāti
one who does magic
மந்திர+-வாதி

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

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

Telugu

Tamil

this affix: -வாதி