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Wallah

, , , or (Hindi: ; fem. ), is a suffix used in a number of Indo-Aryan languages, like Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali or Marathi. Originating from Sanskrit ( ) + Middle Indo-Aryan ( ), it forms an adjectival compound from a noun or an agent noun from a verb. For example; it may indicate a person involved in some kind of activity, where they come from, or what they wear ( ), i.e., habitué.

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, , , or (Hindi: ; fem. ), is a suffix used in a number of Indo-Aryan languages, like Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali or Marathi. Originating from Sanskrit ( ) + Middle Indo-Aryan ( ), it forms an adjectival compound from a noun or an agent noun from a verb. For example; it may indicate a person involved in some kind of activity, where they come from, or what they wear ( ), i.e., habitué.

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