wallah
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wallah
First recorded in 1770–80; from Hindi -wālā, an adjective suffix meaning “connected with, pertaining to,” also a noun suffix meaning “person in charge” (functionally equivalent to the English agent noun suffix -er 1 ( def. ) ); from Prakrit, Sanskrit pāla- “protector,” a derivative of the root pā- “to protect”
Example Sentences
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Years later, Jaffrey would meet the actor at an event honouring Shakespeare Wallah and her work in it.
From The Guardian • May 6, 2019
“When you see the environment, you can be scared,” said Wallah Seth, who took his ailing wife to Redemption a couple of years ago but never went back.
From New York Times • May 8, 2015
In 1965, she appeared in the film Shakespeare Wallah, since when she has starred in many television series – including The Good Life and Rosemary And Thyme – and plays.
From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2010
The triumvirate has collaborated on 15 films, many dramatizing the abrasion of English and Indian cultures: Shakespeare Wallah, The Guru, Autobiography of a Princess.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the evening after that, when the snow had ceased again, he opened his eyes and called "Wallah, wallah!"
From The Three Mulla-mulgars by De la Mare, Walter
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