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dudhwallah

dudhwallah noun: a milkman or milkwoman.

Noun

dudhwallah (plural dudhwallahs)

  1. (India) A milkman or milkwoman.
    • […] the butter comes out of a tin, and so does the milk, unless it is the grey watery catlap of the dudh-wallah.1934, George Orwell, chapter 4, in Burmese Days
    • The dudh-wallah hands Nanak a large cup of lassi and a small cup of milk.2004, Neela Vaswani, "Possession at the Tomb of Sayyed Pir Hazrat Baba Bahadur Saheed Rah Aleh" in Where the Long Grass Bends, Sarabande Books, 2012...

Forms of dudhwallah

pluraldudhwallahs
alternative formdudhwalla
alternative formdudh-wallah

Origin of dudhwallah

Borrowed from Hindi दूधवाला (dūdhvālā, “milkman”). See wallah.

Questions about dudhwallah

What does dudhwallah mean?
Dudhwallah means a milkman or milkwoman.
What part of speech is dudhwallah?
Dudhwallah is a noun.
What is the plural of dudhwallah?
The plural of dudhwallah is dudhwallahs.

Words near dudhwallah in the dictionary

  1. dudheen
  2. dudheens
  3. dudhi
  4. dudhis
  5. dudhwalla
  6. dudhwallah
  7. dudhwallahs
  8. dudhwallas
  9. dudical
  10. dudier
  11. dudiest

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