A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c18.53

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Hindi has also an agent in वैया, as करवैया “a doer,” रखवैया “a keeper,” which is shortened from वारिया, a dialectic form of वाला. It is confined almost to rustic speech, though the shorter form वारा is not uncommon in the poets. H. वाला may be added also to nouns, to imply the doer of an action, or the person who takes care of a thing, in which latter respect the original meaning of pâlaka is well preserved. Thus घोडेवाला “one who takes care of a horse.” So also in P. घरवाला “husband,” i.e. one who takes care of or maintains the house, and still more frequently घरवाली f. “wife.” Sindhi changes ल to र more suo, and has वारो, as घरवारो “householder,” from घर “house,” and डिअणवारो “giver,” from डिअणु “to give,” H. देनेवाला.