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Wallah Common

Wallah has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Intj

Definitions
Noun
1

usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing

"a kitchen wallah"

"the book wallah"

2

A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.

Adverb
1

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

Intj
1

Misspelling of voilà.

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Origin

The suffix "-wallah" likely comes from Hindi, where it originally meant "pertaining to" or referred to a "person in charge." It is used to denote someone who performs a specific job or has a particular characteristic.

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