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wallah

nounadverbinterjection
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As a noun, wallah means a servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah. As an adverb, it means by God (Allah).

Meanings of wallah

6 meanings

noun

  1. IndiaA servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.

  2. UKslangA guy or bloke.

  3. Usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thingperson

    “a kitchen wallah”

    “the book wallah”

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. IndiahistoricalShort for competition wallah.

adverb

  1. islamBy God (Allah); may God be my witness used in making a solemn oath

interjection

  1. Voilà.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

wallah around the world

IndiaA servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
UKA guy or bloke.
IndiaShort for competition wallah.

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