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===Interjection=== |
===Interjection=== |
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'''wallah!''' |
'''wallah!''' |
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# misspelled variant of [[voilà]] |
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# see [[w:Wallah (arabic)|Wallah]] on Wikipedia |
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Revision as of 20:58, 20 February 2008
English
Etymology
From Hindi -wālā 'man, person in charge', from Sanskrit pāla 'protector'
Noun
wallah
- (in India) a servant or other person responsible for something, often specified after it, for example kitchen wallah.
- 1931 - Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas. - A Hanging, George Orwell
- Template:UK Template:slang used as guy or bloke
Derived terms
Interjection
wallah!
- misspelled variant of voilà
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967