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Wallah (other)
, , , or (Hindi: )( fem. ), is a suffix used in a number of Indo-Aryan languages, like Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali or Marathi. Originating from Sanskrit पाल (pāla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), it forms an adjectival compound from a noun or an agent noun from a verb. For example; it may indicate a person involved in some kind of activity, where they come from, or what they wear (), i.e., habitué. Example uses Examples of such uses include: * ''Dabbawala'', lunch box deliverer * '' Dhobiwallah, laundry worker * ''Chaiwala'', a boy or young man who serves tea * ''Dishwalla'', satellite TV installer, from "dish" for parabolic antenna * , a rickshaw driver * ''Punkawallah'', the servant who keeps the ''punkah'' or fan going on hot nights * , a cotton carder * , a waste picker or scrap dealer * ''Puncture'' or ''puncher'' , a tyre repairer In British military jargon of the first half of the 20th century, a "base wallah" is someone employed at a military base, or with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns and adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry grammatical information (inflectional endings) or lexical information ( derivational/lexical suffixes)''.'' Inflection changes the grammatical properties of a word within its syntactic category. Derivational suffixes fall into two categories: class-changing derivation and class-maintaining derivation. Particularly in the study of Semitic languages, suffixes are called affirmatives, as they can alter the form of the words. In Indo-European studies, a distinction is made between suffixes and endings (see Proto-Indo-European root). A word-final segment that is somewhere between a free morpheme and a bound morpheme is known as a suffixoidKremer, Marion. 1997. ''Person reference and gender in translation: a contrastive investigation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waste Picker
A waste picker also known as waste collector or garbage collector is a person who salvages reusable or recyclable materials thrown away by others to sell or for personal consumption. There are millions of waste pickers worldwide, predominantly in developing countries, but increasingly in post-industrial countries as well. Various forms of waste picking have been practiced since antiquity, but modern traditions of waste picking took root during industrialization in the nineteenth century. Over the past half-century, waste picking has expanded vastly in the developing world due to urbanization, toxic colonialism and the global waste trade. Many cities only provide solid waste collection. Terminology Many terms are used to refer to people who salvage recyclables from the waste stream for sale or personal consumption. In English, these terms include ''rag picker'', ''reclaimer'', ''informal resource recoverer'', ''litter picker'', ''recycler'', ''poacher'', ''salvager'', ''scave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalia Furniturewala
Aalia Furniturewala (born 28 November 1997), known by her stage name Alaya F, is an American actress who appears in Indian Hindi-language films. Born into the Bedi family, she is the daughter of Indian actress Pooja Bedi. She made her acting debut in 2020 with the comedy film '' Jawaani Jaaneman'', for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She has since starred in the thriller '' Freddy'' (2022) and the biopic '' Srikanth'' (2024). Early life and background Alaya F was born Aalia Furniturewala on 28 November 1997, in Los Angeles, United States to Indian parents, actress Pooja Bedi and businessman Farhan Ebrahim Furniturewala. Her mother was based in the United States with her family at the time of her birth. She is of Parsi and Gujarati descent on her father's side and Punjabi, Haryanvi, British and Bengali descent on her mother's side.''Time Pass: The Memoirs of Protima Bedi'', Introduction, pp. 1–2. Biographical info: "Early Years" [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
