Where does “विचारक” come from?
विचारक (Hindi) comes from Hindi -क, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.
विचारक (Hindi): thinker, ideologue
Ancestry of “विचारक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | -क | a diminutive masculine nominal suffix |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -क | doer, maker |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *-kas | — |