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wallah

wal·lah
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wah-lah, -luh]
    • /ˈwɑ lɑ, -lə/
    • /ˈwɒ.lə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wah-lah, -luh]
    • /ˈwɑ lɑ, -lə/

Definitions of wallah word

  • noun wallah a person in charge of, employed at, or concerned with a particular thing (used in combination): a book wallah; a ticket wallah. 1
  • noun wallah A person concerned or involved with a specified thing or business. 1
  • noun wallah Raj: sb tasked with sth 1
  • noun wallah a person involved with or in charge of (a specified thing) 0
  • noun wallah a person connected with a particular thing or function 0

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Origin of wallah

First appearance:

before 1770
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1770-80, wallah is from the Hindi suffix -wālā suffix of relation

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Parts of speech for Wallah

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

wallah popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

wallah usage trend in Literature

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