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wallah

or 飞补濒路濒补

[ wah-lah, -luh ]

noun

Indian English.
  1. a person in charge of, employed at, or concerned with a particular thing (used in combination):

    a book wallah; a ticket wallah.



wallah

/ 藞飞蓲濒蓹 /

noun

  1. informal.
    usually in combination a person involved with or in charge of (a specified thing)

    the book wallah

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wallah1

First recorded in 1770鈥80; from Hindi -飞腻濒腻, an adjective suffix meaning 鈥渃onnected with, pertaining to,鈥 also a noun suffix meaning 鈥減erson in charge鈥 (functionally equivalent to the English agent noun suffix -er 1( def ) ); from Prakrit, Sanskrit 辫腻濒补- 鈥減rotector,鈥 a derivative of the root 辫腻- 鈥渢o protect鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wallah1

C18: from Hindi -飞腻濒腻 from Sanskrit 辫腻濒补 protector
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Example Sentences

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In parts of India, roaming 鈥渋roning wallahs鈥 use charcoal-powered irons to press wrinkles out of clothes.

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When she traveled by train to visit family members in other parts of India, she would seek out the chaat wallahs set up right outside each station to get a taste for the local flavors.

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After bargaining with the rickshaw wallahs, Sass settled Hari and Sassur in one rickshaw and directed me to join her in the second one.

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He had been working on these slopes since he was 8, beginning as a sled wallah.

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Educated youths do not want to be 鈥減akora wallahs鈥 鈥 people who make a quintessential fried Indian snack 鈥 said Radhicka Kapoor, an economist at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.

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