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• Indian name — Indian family names are based on a variety of systems and naming conventions, which vary from region to region. Names are also influenced by religion and caste and may come from religion or epics. India s population speaks a wide variety of… …   Wikipedia

• wallah — also walla, Anglo Indian, from Hindi wala, suffix forming adjectives with the sense pertaining to, connected with; the functional equivalent of English ER (Cf. er) (1). Europeans took it to mean man, fellow and began using it as a word …   Etymology dictionary

• wallah — ► NOUN Indian or informal ▪ a person of a specified kind or having a specified role. ORIGIN from a Hindi suffix meaning doer (commonly taken to mean «fellow») …   English terms dictionary

• wallah — /ˈwɒlə / (say woluh) noun Indian English (used especially in combination) 1. someone identified as belonging to a specified place, group or religion, or working in a specified place, etc.: Delhi wallah; Hindi wallah; company wallah. 2. someone… …  

• wallah — UK [ˈwɒlə] / US [ˈwɑlə] noun [countable] Word forms wallah : singular wallah plural wallahs Indian English someone who is responsible for a particular activity or who does a particular job a ticket wallah …   English dictionary

• wallah — /wah lah, leuh/, n. Anglo Indian. a person in charge of, employed at, or concerned with a particular thing (used in combination): a book wallah; a ticket wallah. [1770 80; < Hindi wala suffix of relation] * * * …   Universalium

• wallah — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary Someone involved in the function just mentioned e.g. The taxi wallah knew Kolkata very well …   English dialects glossary

• wallah — wal|lah [ walə ] noun count INDIAN ENGLISH someone who is responsible for a particular activity or does a particular job: a ticket wallah …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• wallah —    (WAH lah) [Anglo Indian, from a Hindi suffix: man] A person engaged in or in charge of a particular occupation or activity; used in combination, as in “the ticket wallah.” …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

• wallah — wal·lah || wÉ‘lÉ™ / wÉ’l n. person in charge of a particular thing or connected to a specific service or work (Anglo Indian); tapir tiger, black type of the jaguar ((Zzoology) …   English contemporary dictionary

• wallah — [ wɒlə] noun Indian or informal a person of a specified kind or having a specified role. Origin from the Hindi suffix vālā doer (commonly interpreted in the sense fellow ), from Sanskrit pālaka keeper …   English new terms dictionary