different between wallas vs wallah

English

Noun

wallas

1. plural of walla

Anagrams

• Lawals

English

Etymology 1

Either from Hindi -???? (-v?l?, “pertaining to”) or from Hindi ???? (v?l?, “person in charge”), from Sanskrit ??? (p?la, “protector”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??l?/, /?w?l?/

Noun

wallah (plural wallahs)

1. (India) A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
2. (Britain, slang) A guy or bloke.

Derived terms

• boxwallah, boxwalla
• competition wallah
• ground wallah
• punkahwallah

Etymology 2

From Arabic ????????? (wa-ll?h, literally “by God”).

Alternative forms

• wallahee
• wallahi
• wellah
• wullah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??l??(h)/

Adverb

wallah (not comparable)

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

Etymology 3

Interjection

wallah

1. Misspelling of voilà.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (wal-l?h).

Interjection

wallah

1. (slang) Generic intensifier.

French

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (wal-l?h), "I swear by God".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.la/

Interjection

wallah

1. (slang) wow (an expression of surprise)
2. (slang, Tunisia) I'm serious