wallah
English
Etymology 1
Either from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi (deprecated template usage) -वाला (-vālā) or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi (deprecated template usage) वाला (-vālā), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) पाल (pāla), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t.
Noun
wallah (plural wallahs)
- (deprecated template usage) (India) A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified after it, for example kitchen wallah.
- 1931, George Orwell, A Hanging
- Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas.
- 1931, George Orwell, A Hanging
- (deprecated template usage) (British, slang) A guy or bloke.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Interjection
wallah
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "voilà" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967