-ian / -an
person connected with; relating to
Latin · -ianus, -anus
Names a person connected with a place, skill, or field: music + ian = musician, India + n = Indian. It can also form adjectives, like Italian, and is added after -ic to make -ician.
Memory trick
-ian is a clan tag: it says which group or skill the person belongs to.
Words from this root
- Indian (Ind + ian) — a person from Indiaभारतीय
- musician (music + ian) — a person who plays musicसंगीतकार
- magician (magic + ian) — a person who performs tricksजादूगर
- librarian (librar + ian) — a person who looks after booksपुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष
- politician (politic + ian) — a person active in politicsनेता, राजनीतिज्ञ
- physician (physic + ian) — a medical doctorचिकित्सक
- historian (histor + ian) — a person who studies historyइतिहासकार
- electrician (electric + ian) — a person who fixes wiringबिजली मिस्त्री
- technician (technic + ian) — a person skilled in technical workतकनीशियन
- comedian (comed + ian) — a person who makes people laughहास्य कलाकार
- vegetarian (vegetar + ian) — a person who eats no meatशाकाहारी
- pedestrian (pedestr + ian) — a person who walksपैदल यात्री