wallah

名词 n. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah. India,North
    — Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas.
  2. Ellipsis of competition wallah. India,North,abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  3. A guy or bloke. UK,slang
副词 adv.
  1. by God (Allah); may God be my witness. Used in making a solemn oath not-comparable
感叹词 intj.
  1. Alternative form of voilà. alt-of,alternative,nonstandard

词形变化

wallahs plural waala alternative waalah alternative walah alternative wala alternative vaala alternative vaalah alternative valah alternative walla alternative wallahee alternative wallahi alternative wellah alternative wullah alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
base wallah boxwallah boxwalla compass wallah competition wallah dabbawalla dudhwallah ground wallah puncture-wallah punkahwallah
相关词
topeewala

词源

词源 1
Either from Hindi -वाला (-vālā, “pertaining to”) or from Hindi वाला (vālā, “person in charge”).
词源 2
From Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, literally “by God”).
词源 3
A corruption of voilà.
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