वाला vālā

वाला vālā va:la: —a suffix denoting an agent, doer, owner, possessor, keeper or inhabitant; hence वाली feminine form.

H والا वाला wālā = H وال वाल wāl [prob. Prk. वालो and वालओ; S. पालः and पालकः; but often confounded with the primary suff. hārā and wālā in ani-hārā or ane-wālā = Ap. Prk. अणिअअडं or अणिअअडअ (with euphonic h or w inserted) = S. अनीय+क+रं, or र+कं], suff. (f. -ī), added to subst. to derive nouns implying possession or relation generally; — e.g. go-wāl, or go-wālā, s.m. cow-keeper, cow-herd (fr. go, 'cow'); — ghaṭ-wāl, s.m. wharf-keeper, wharfinger (fr. ghāṭ, 'landing-place'); — nāʼo-wālā, s.m. boat-keeper, boatman (fr. nāʼo, 'boat'); — ghar-wālā, s.m. master or owner of the house (fr. ghar, 'house'); — kapṛā-wālā, s.m. cloth-man, cloth-merchant (fr. kapṛā, 'cloth'); — roṭī-wālā, s.m. bread-man, baker (fr. roṭī, 'bread'); — dillī-wālā, belonging to, or a native of, Delhi; — it is even suffixed to foreign words, e.g. bakas-wālā, box-man, pedlar (fr. bakas, 'a box'); — it is sometimes used to form adj. fr. subst., e.g. kifāyat-wālā, 'economical' (fr. kifāyat, 'economy'); — gunjāʼish-wālā, 'capacious, spacious, roomy' (fr. gunjāʼish, 'capacity'): — The suff. (a)ne-wālā (or ani-hārā) is added to the roots of verbs to form fut. act. part., or nouns of agency, e.g. paṛh-ne-wālā, 'one who is going (or is about) to read'; 'a reader'; — de-ne-wālā, 'who is about to give'; 'a giver'; — ho-ne-wālā, 'that is about to happen'; 'that has yet to come to pass'; 'which is yet possible.'