Where does “-vâra” come from?

-vâra (Khalaj) comes from Persian ـوار, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

Ancestry of “-vâra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـوارused to create adjectives denoting a specific quality or characteristic
2PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
3Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
4Proto-Iranian-kah—
5Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →Every word from Proto-Iranian -akah →Every word from Persian ـه →