wallah
/ˈwɑːlə/noun
in combination or with modifier
1- Indian or informal a person concerned or involved with a specified thing or business〈印度, 非正式〉与某事有关的人, 从事…工作的人:
a paan-wallah.
买卖蒌叶提神药的人。
1.1
- a native or inhabitant of a specified place某地人:
Bombay wallahs.
孟买人。
词源
from the Hindi suffix -vālā 'doer' (commonly interpreted in the sense 'fellow'), from Sanskrit pālaka 'keeper'.