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Grammar/Suffixes/-दार (one who has)
Suffixes

-दार (one who has)

Means 'one who has or holds' something — common in job titles

Example

ज़िम्मेदार, दुकानदार

responsible, shopkeeper

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Related — Suffixes

-वाला / -वाली (one who)

Added to words to mean 'the one who does/has/is from' something

-पन (the quality of)

Turns an adjective into a noun — like '-ness' or '-hood' in English

-ता (the state of)

Makes a noun from an adjective — like '-ity' or '-ness' in English

-आई (the act of)

Turns a verb or adjective into a noun — like '-ing' or '-ness'

-इक (related to)

Makes an adjective from a noun — like '-ic' or '-al' in English

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