wallah
IPA: wˈɔɫʌ
noun
- (India) A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
- (Britain, slang) A guy or bloke.
- (India, historical) Short for competition wallah. [(India, historical, colloquial) A member of the civil service who obtained an appointment by the competitive system instituted in 1856.]
adverb
- (Islam) by God (Allah); may God be my witness used in making a solemn oath
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Examples of "wallah" in Sentences
- And it's not just the chai wallah.
- A gharry driver is a gharry wallah.