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dabbawalla meaning in Hindi

डब्बावाला ḍabbāvālā

dabbawalla in Hindi: डब्बावाला (ḍabbāvālā). In English, dabbawalla means a deliveryperson in Mumbai, India who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers.

Hindi words for dabbawalla

a dabbawalla
डब्बावाला ḍabbāvālā

English meaning of dabbawalla

  1. noun A deliveryperson in Mumbai, India who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers.

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Questions about dabbawalla in Hindi

What is the meaning of dabbawalla in Hindi?
Dabbawalla in Hindi is डब्बावाला (ḍabbāvālā).
dabbawalla का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
Dabbawalla: डब्बावाला (ḍabbāvālā).
What does dabbawalla mean in English?
Dabbawalla means a deliveryperson in Mumbai, India who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers.

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Hindi words from Wiktionary's Hindi entries whose English meaning is “dabbawalla”: डब्बावाला. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: dabbawalla (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Hindi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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