• Source: Wallah

Wallah, -walla, -wala, or -vala (-wali fem.), is a suffix used in a number of Indo-Aryan languages, like Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali or Marathi. It forms an adjectival compound from a noun or an agent noun from a verb. For example; it may indicate a person involved in some kind of activity, where they come from, or what they wear (topiwala), i.e., habitué.




Example uses


Examples of such uses include:

Dabbawala, lunch box deliverer
Chaiwala, a boy or young man who serves tea
Dishwalla, satellite TV installer, from "dish" for parabolic antenna
Rickshawala, a rickshaw driver
Punkawallah, the servant who keeps the punkah or fan going on hot nights
Lep wallah, a cotton carder
Kabadiwalla, a waste picker or scrap dealer
Puncture wala or puncher wala, a tyre repairer
In British military jargon of the first half of the 20th century, a "base wallah" is someone employed at a military base, or with a job far behind the front lines. There were a number of other words of this type, such as "camel wallah" and "machine-gun wallah", and more. "Base wallah" had a derogatory reference for a person who is seldom seen at the front lines during major attacks, pretending to be sick.
There is a short story "Sanjeev and Robotwallah", by Ian McDonald. There is a character named General Robotwallah in the 2010 novel For the Win by Cory Doctorow. "Robotwallah" refers to the pilot of a mecha.




Other uses


Wala or Vala was also used in Parsi and Dawodi Bohra surnames, suggesting the derivation from a profession or a place name. For example:

Amroliwala
Matthew Amroliwala
Daruwalla
Mithaiwala, sweetseller
Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala
Furniturewala:
Aalia Furniturewala
Wala is also used to indicate a specific object or thing among several:

chota wala, 'the small one'
dusra wala, 'the second one'
agla wala, 'the next one'
These uses of wala should not be confused with the Arabic: ⁧وَٱللّٰه⁩, romanized: wal-lāh, lit. 'by God'.




References

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• Shakespeare Wallah
• Muchsin Alatas
• Perdana Menteri Malaysia
• Mohon Ampun/Istighfar
• Salman Khan
• National Board of Review Awards 1966
• Prasasti Salimar IV
• Jannat Zubair Rahmani
• Republik Arab Bersatu
• Sungai Narmada
• Physics Wallah
• Wallah
• Shakespeare Wallah
• Dabbawala
• Punkah
• Krishna Das (singer)
• Jennifer Kendal
• Carding
• Auto rickshaw
• Chaiwala