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lalla

lalla noun: in Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.

Noun

lalla (plural lallas)

  1. (historical) In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.
  2. (historical) In Persia, a male nurse.
  3. (India, historical) A native clerk who writes the vernacular.
  4. (India, historical) A respectable merchant.
    • Where there are no tigers, the Lalla (scribe) becomes a shikaree.1841, Society in India, ii. 176
    • There were Hindu lallas from the piece-goods market of Bulandshahr, smartly dressed in silks; there were Kashmiri Muhammadans from the local carpet factories, immaculately clad in white cotton; […]1935, Mulk Raj Anand, Untouchable

Proper noun capitalized: Lalla

Lalla (plural Lallas)

  1. A surname.
  2. A locality in the City of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Forms of lalla

Noun
plurallallas
Proper noun
pluralLallas

Phrases with lalla

Questions about lalla

What does lalla mean?
Lalla means in Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.
What part of speech is lalla?
Lalla can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lalla?
The plural of lalla is lallas.

Words near lalla in the dictionary

  1. Lalita
  2. Lalitpur
  3. lalkara
  4. lalkaras
  5. lall
  6. lalla
  7. Lallana
  8. lallang
  9. Lallans
  10. lallapaloosa
  11. lallapaloosas

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