-ওয়ালা

• -াল (-al)
• -আলা (-ala) (Native Spelling) (rare in writing)

Derived from Sanskrit পাল (pāla) as -আল, and then developing the extension া (a) to form -আলা (-ala). According to Chatterji and Sukumar Sen this was influenced in spelling by the cognate in Hindi -वाला (-vālā)/Urdu والا‎ during the 19th century, rendering the modern spelling.

• IPA^(key): /a.la/
• (sometimes) IPA^(key): /oa.la/

-ওয়ালা • (-ōẏala)

1. (of a human)-er (agentive marker); possessor; owner; dealer; seller; practitioner

   বাড়িওয়ালাকে মাসের শেষে ভাড়া দিতে হবে

   baṛioyalake maser śeṣe bhaṛa dite hôbe

   /baṛialake maśer śeśe bhaṛa dite hôbe/

   rent must be paid to the house-owner at the end of the month

• Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 57.
• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, pages 670,671