wallah
adverb
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L203502 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L330258 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwɑːlɑː/ / /wəˈlɑː/ / /wəllə/ / /ˈwɑːlə/ / /ˈwɒlə/
adv
Etymology: From Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, literally “by God”).
- by God (Allah); may God be my witness. Used in making a solemn oath
intj
Etymology: A corruption of voilà.
- Alternative form of voilà.
noun
Etymology: Either from Hindi -वाला (-vālā, “pertaining to”) or from Hindi वाला (vālā, “person in charge”).
- A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
“Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas.”
- Ellipsis of competition wallah.
- A guy or bloke.