-వాదము

Telugu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाद (vāda, “speech; thesis, doctrine”). Current meanings formed from the secondary meaning of "thesis" or "doctrine", itself from the primary meaning "speech". Cognate with Hindi -वाद (-vād).

Suffix

-వాదము • (-vādamu)

  1. used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof. Equivalent to English -ism

Derived terms

Telugu terms suffixed with -వాదము
ఉగ్రవాదము
స్త్రీవాదము
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