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lallas

lallas is the plural of lalla.

Meaning of lalla

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

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Proper noun capitalized: Lallas

Lallas

  1. (plural) plural of Lalla

Questions about lallas

What is lallas the plural of?
Lallas is the plural of lalla.
What part of speech is lallas?
Lallas is a proper noun.

Words near lallas in the dictionary

  1. lallapaloosas
  2. lallapalootza
  3. lallapalootzas
  4. lallapalooza
  5. lallapaloozas
  6. lallas
  7. lallate
  8. lallated
  9. lallates
  10. lallating
  11. lallation

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