wallah
noun/ˈwɒlə/
/ˈwɑːlə/
- (Indian English or old-fashioned, informal) a person connected with a particular job
- office wallahs
- (Indian English) a person who was born in or lives in the country or area mentioned
- a Delhi wallah
Word Originfrom the Hindi suffix -vālā ‘doer’ (commonly interpreted in the sense ‘fellow’), from Sanskrit pālaka ‘keeper’.
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