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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WALLAH

From Hindi -wālā from Sanskrit pāla protector.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WALLAH

wallah  [ˈwɒlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WALLAH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wallah is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WALLAH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wallah

Wallah may refer to: ▪ Wallah ▪ -walla, derived from Marathi and Hindustani वाला والا -vālā, an Indian suffix indicating a person involved in some kind of activity, where they hail from or what they wear, for example: ▪ Dabbawala, lunch box deliverer ▪ Auto-walla, driver of an auto rickshaw ▪ Chai-walla, a boy or young man who serves tea ▪ Attar-walla, seller of perfumes and extracts ▪ Kulfi-walla, maker of Kulfi ▪ Kaan-saaf walla, ear cleaner ▪ Bottley-walla, recycler of printed material, bottles, and these days, electronic gadgets such as TVs ▪ Dudh-Walla, this is a caste, an accent and applies to milkmen ▪ Punkawalla, The servant who keeps the punkah or fan going on hot nights ▪ Dhobi walla, laundry worker. Wala or Vala was also used in Parsi surnames, suggesting the profession or a place-name. For example, Amroliwala, Daruwalla, seller of daru or Persian for wine, Mithaiwala...

Definition of wallah in the English dictionary

The definition of wallah in the dictionary is a person involved with or in charge of.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WALLAH


ayatollah
ˌaɪəˈtɒlə
boxwallah
ˈbɒksˌwɒlə
chuckawalla
ˈtʃʌkəˌwɒlə
chuckwalla
ˈtʃʌkˌwɒlə
collar
ˈkɒlə
corolla
kəˈrɒlə
dollar
ˈdɒlə
dolor
ˈdɒlə
eurodollar
ˈjʊərəʊˌdɒlə
goller
ˈɡɒlə
holla
ˈhɒlə
holler
ˈhɒlə
olla
ˈɒlə
oller
ˈɒlə
pot-walloper
ˈpɒtˌwɒlə
potwaller
ˈpɒtˌwɒlə
scholar
ˈskɒlə
squalor
ˈskwɒlə
walla
ˈwɒlə
Waller
ˈwɒlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WALLAH

wall-mounted
wall-to-wall
walla
wallaba
wallabies
wallaby
Wallace
Wallace´s line
Wallachia
Wallachian
wallaroo
Wallasey
wallboard
wallcovering
walled
walled plain
Wallenberg
Wallenstein
Waller
wallet

WORDS THAT END LIKE WALLAH

Abd Allah
Abdullah
Al Hillah
Allah
Bismillah
challah
fellah
Gullah
hallah
Hezbollah
Hizbollah
inshallah
mashallah
megillah
mollah
nullah
pallah
Ramallah
tefillah
zillah

Synonyms and antonyms of wallah in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wallah» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WALLAH

Find out the translation of wallah to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

单字本
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

wallah
570 millions of speakers

English

wallah
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wallah
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

والله
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Wallah
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

wallah
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিক্রেতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

wallah
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wallah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wallah
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

wallah
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

wallah
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wallah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

wallah
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

wallah
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भिंती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

wallah
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Wallah
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Wallah
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wallah
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

wallah
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wallah
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

wallah
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wallah
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wallah

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WALLAH»

The term «wallah» is regularly used and occupies the 55.254 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WALLAH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wallah» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wallah» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wallah

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WALLAH»

Discover the use of wallah in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wallah and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers
Featuring the best of short fiction from South Asian writers, this unique collection includes contributions from Michael Ondaatje, Jhumpa Lahiri, Salman Rushdie, Bharati Mukherjee, Monica Ali, and others. Original.
Shyam Selvadurai, 2004
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Scoop-Wallah: Life on a Delhi Daily
A journalist's new-life adventure exploring all India has to offer A chance conversation with her greengrocer about the portrayal of India in the media inspired journalist Justine Hardy to leave London and spend a year working at the Indian ...
Justine Hardy, 2012
3
The Wedding Wallah
Mr Ali’s flourishing marriage bureau seems to have chalked up another success when his ward, Pari, receives a surprise proposal from a rich, handsome aristocrat.
Farahad Zama, 2011
4
Congressional serial set
This range follows the Wallah-Wallah river down to its mouth, and unites with the Basaltic river range on the Columbia. It becomes basaltic near the latter river. A dry bed, with cotton-wood along its banks, runs along the left of the trail as you ...
United States. Government Printing Office, 1854
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Souvenirs of a competition wallah: letters and sketches from ...
Autobiography Of A British Administrative Officer Who Seved Extensively In Bihar And Jharkhand In The 1930S. Full Of Fascinating Details.
Denis Hayes Crofton, 1994
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Almost Shakespeare: Reinventing His Works for Cinema and ...
Released in 1965, Shakespeare Wallah was the second offering from the then fledgling Merchant-Ivory Productions. The film was shot in black and white and entirely on location in India because of Merchant-Ivory's financial limitations. Widely ...
James R. Keller, Leslie Stratyner, 2004
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Psychic Wallah: In a Charmed Circle
This novel has been described as 'Tom Sharpe but with inside knowledge'.
Lucas Finn, 1999
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Shakespeare in Asia: Contemporary Performance
Richard Burt dis-orienting shakespeare The Merchant/Ivory film Shakespeare Wallah (dir. James Ivory, 1965), a fictionalized account of Geoffrey Kendal and the struggle of his acting troupe, Shakespeareana, to perform Shakespeare across a ...
Dennis Kennedy, Yong Li Lan, 2010
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Blood Wallah & Other Poems
In this fine collection Robert Borski offers us witty and memorable reflections on Vlad the Impaler, Dorothy's Tin Man, Pinocchio's Gepetto, Rotwang from Metropolis, the Morlocks of H.G. Wells, Poe's Ulalume--even the Tooth Fairy.
Robert Borski, 2013
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Translations/Transformations: Gender and Culture in Film and ...
Shakespeare. Wallah. and. Colonial. Specularity. Valerie Wayne, University of Hawaii In the summer of 1991, I attended the Fifth World Shakespeare Congress in Tokyo, Japan. For me, and I think for many of the Americans who were travelling ...
Valerie Wayne, Cornelia Niekus Moore, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WALLAH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wallah is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chai Wallah: Pictures inside Yarm restaurant that shocked food …
These are the disgusting conditions that met food safety officers when they inspected Yarm's Chai Wallah restaurant. The restaurant's operator Alomgir Qureshi ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
2
Chai Wallah: Filthy Yarm restaurant shocked food safety officer
Inspectors went to Chai Wallah on Yarm High Street after customer complaints of being served raw chicken, feeling unwell after eating there and dirty conditions. «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
3
A Delhi cycle rickshaw wallah battles both heat and competition from …
Battery-operated rickshaws are making the summer even more unbearable for the cycle rickshaw wallahs, and there's nothing more annoying than stingy ... «Scroll.in, May 15»
4
Instagram snapshots: the chai wallahs of India
Zach Marks and Resham Gellatly are documenting how tea is woven into the fabric of Indian life on their blog chaiwallahsofindia.com. At the beginning of last ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
5
This chai wallah's son was knocked out before fame
Cricket is a game of uncertainties, it is often said. But this uncertainty is about the outcome of a game, and never about life and death on the playground. «Daily News & Analysis, Apr 15»
6
Shakespeare (plus Bollywood) Wallah
I'm not getting into the whole “does he deserve it?” debate, but the news about the Phalke filled me with a vague kind of happiness. There's always been ... «The Hindu, Mar 15»
7
Prayers of a CNG-wallah
Am I afraid? Of course I am afraid. Jaan bachanor jonno jaaner jhuki niye CNG chalai (In taking my CNG out, I risk my life to make a living). I am afraid, but time ... «DhakaTribune, Feb 15»
8
2015 Marks Leaving Behind a Special Man: The Wallah Bro
The Wallah Bro is more than someone who uses the phrase multiple times in a conversation when talking to men and women alike. The Wallah Bro is someone ... «Altmuslimah, Jan 15»
9
Mumbai's idli-wallahs
These idli-wallahs and their families, who live in Dharavi, are up by 4 every morning to get breakfast ready for Mumbaikars. You can find them at homes and ... «Hindu Business Line, Dec 14»
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The Saffron Party's Less Famous Chai-Wallah
CHANDIGARH : While the story of how a chai-wallah rose to become the PM of India is now well known, few people know that inside a small tea shop opposite ... «The New Indian Express, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Wallah [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/wallah>. Apr 2024 ».
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