-वाला

See also: वाला, वेलू, वल, वली, वेला, वाले, and -वाले

Hindi

From Sanskrit पाल (pāla) or पालक (pālaka), compare Bengali -ওয়ালা (-ōẇala).

-वाला • (-vālā) m

(highly productive) one who does
‎चाय (cāy, “tea”) + ‎-वाला (-vālā) → ‎चायवाला (cāyvālā, “tea seller”)

‎डब्बा (ḍabbā, “box”) + ‎-वाला (-vālā) → ‎डब्बावाला (ḍabbāvālā, “lunch deliverer, dabbawallah”)

-वाला • (-vālā) m

denotes agentive verb forms
‎लिखना (likhnā, “to write”) + ‎-वाला (-vālā) → ‎लिखनेवाला (likhnevālā, “one who writes”)

‎छींकना (chī̃knā, “to sneeze”) + ‎-वाला (-vālā) → ‎छींकनेवाला (chī̃knevālā, “one who sneezes”)
denotes prospective verb forms; going to, about to [when used with exclusive emphatic particle ही (hī)]
मैं वहाँ जानेवाला था। ― ma͠i vahā̃ jānevālā thā. ― I was going to go there.वो यहाँ आनेवाली है। ― vo yahā̃ ānevālī hai. ― She is going to come here.वो यहाँ आने ही वाली है। ― vo yahā̃ āne hī vālī hai. ― She is about to come here.

-वाला • (-vālā)

doer (of a verb)
वह झूठ बोलने-वाला आदमी नहीं है।
vah jhūṭh bolne-vālā ādmī nahī̃ hai.
He is not a man who lies.
possess a feature (of a noun)
नीली आंखों-वाली लड़कियां। ― nīlī āṅkhõ-vālī laṛkiyā̃. ― Blue eyed girls.

Declension of -वाला (ā-stem)

(suffix) McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “-वाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
(adjective) McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “वाला”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1176
“वाला”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “वाला”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Bahri, Hardev (1989) “वाला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.