Telugu compound element

-శాస్త్రం

-śāstraṁ
field of study

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

N

Status

Establisheddraft

brown

Words built with -శాస్త్రం

భాషాశాస్త్రం
bhāṣāśāstraṁ
the study of language
భాష+-శాస్త్రం
జీవశాస్త్రం
jīvaśāstraṁ
the study of life
జీవ+-శాస్త్రం

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

Telugu

this affix: -శాస్త్రం

    Tamil