Nominal Suffix in Hindi
Posted on 28. Jul, 2012 by Nitin Kumar in Hindi Language
In the previous post on Suffix, we have coverd the primary suffix in Hindi. In this post, I would like to discuss the nominal suffix in Hindi. These are called तध्दित प्रत्यय (Tadhdit Pratyay) in Hindi. These suffix can be added to the nouns, adjectives or adverbs to form nouns or adjectives.
The nominal suffix can be of 4 types. To keep this post simple and easy to grasp, I will only cover 2 types of nominal suffix in this post and rest in the next post.
Lets have a look in detail with some examples.
A. संज्ञा से संज्ञा (Sangya se Sangya) – Noun from Noun
1. लघुता वाचक (Laghutaa vaachak – Shortening Indicator)
These suffix indicates or portrait something smaller or affectionate.
| Suffix | Word Root | Example Word |
| इया (Iya) | डिब्बा (Dhibba – Box) | डिब्बिया(Dhibbiya - Small box) |
| ई (u) | पहाड़ (Pahaad – Mountain) | पहाड़ी (Pahaadi - Hill) |
| री (rī) | कोठा (Kotha – Big room) | कोठरी (Kothari - Closet) |
2. भाव वाचक (Bhaav vaachak)
These suffix when used with a noun form an abstract noun.
| Suffix | Word Root | Example Word |
| पन (pan) | लड़का (Ladka – Boy) | लड़कपन (Ladakpan - Childhood) |
| ई (ī) | चोर (Chor – Thief) | चोरी (Chori - Theft) |
| ता (ta) | मानव (Maanav – Human) | मानवता (Maanavata - Humanity) |
| आई (aaī) | पंडित (Pandit – Scholar) | पंडिताई (Panditaai - Scholarship) |
3. जीविका वाचक (Jivika vaachak)
These suffix gives the indication of the occupation of the noun.
| Suffix | Word Root | Example Word |
| एरा (era) | साँप (Sanp – Snake) | सँपेरा (Sanpera – Snake Charmer) |
| आर (aar) | सोना (Sona – Gold) | सुनार (Sunaar - Goldsmith) |
| कार (kaar) | पत्र (Patr – Letter) | पत्रकार (Patrkaar - Journalist) |
| क (ka) | लेख (Lekh – Writing) | लेखक (Lekhak - Writer) |
| गर (gar) | जादू (Jadu – Magic) | जादूगर (Jadugar - Magician) |
| दार (daar) | दुकान (Dukaan – Shop) | दुकानदार (Dukaandar – Shopkeeper) |
B. विशेषण से संज्ञा (Visleshan se Sangya) – Nouns from Adjectives
These suffix when used with an adjective forms a noun.
| Suffix | Word Root | Example Word |
| पन (pan) | काला (Kaala – Black) | कालापन(Kaalapan – Blackness) |
| आस (aas) | मीठा (Mitha – Sweet) | मिठास (Mithas - Sweetness) |
| ई (ī) | गरीब (Garib – Poor) | गरीबी (Garibi - Poverty) |
| आई (aaī) | अच्छा (Accha – Good) | अच्छाई (Acchai - Goddness) |
| आहट (aahat) | कड़वा (Kadva – Bitter) | कड़वाहट (Kadvaahat - Bitterness) |
About Nitin Kumar
Nitin Kumar is a native Hindi speaker from New Delhi, India. Professionally, he has got Masters in Robotics and currently works in the field of technical research in hi-tech industry in Germany. His passion for Indian culture and writing in particular, has motivated him to share technical and cultural blogs on various websites. He has been working with Transparent Language since 2010 and has written over 250 blogs on various facet of his motherland, India and his language, Hindi. He is also the Administrator for Hindi Facebook page which has a community of over 330,000 members.
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