wallah
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
/ˈwɑːlə/
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/ˈwɑːlə/ · /ˈwɒlə/ · /ˈwɑːlɑː/ · /wəˈlɑː/ · /wəllə/
Definition of wallah
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(India, North)A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
“Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas.”
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noun
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(India, North)A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
“Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas.”
- (India, North, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical)Ellipsis of competition wallah.
- (British, slang)A guy or bloke.
adv
- (not-comparable)by God (Allah); may God be my witness. Used in making a solemn oath
intj
- (alt-of, alternative, nonstandard)Alternative form of voilà.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Either from Hindi -वाला (-vālā, “pertaining to”) or from Hindi वाला (vālā, “person in charge”).
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