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Where does “-क” come from?

-क (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

-क (Sanskrit): doer, maker

Definitions

  1. doer, maker

Ancestry of “-क”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—

Words derived from “-क”

  • wallah
  • choli
  • boxwallah
  • tentwallah
  • autowallah
  • dudhwallah
  • dabbawalla
  • mardijker
  • గర్భాష్టకము
  • అష్టకము
  • శతకము
  • चायवाला
  • दिल्लीवाला
  • विधेयक
  • -वाला
  • ताला
  • ऊपरवाला
  • अभ्रक
  • अख़बारवाला
  • चोली
  • चोला
  • केंद्रक
  • पंखावाला
  • प्रस्तावक
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →