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paanwallah

paanwallah noun: someone who sells paan.

Noun

paanwallah (plural paanwallahs)

  1. (South-Asia) Someone who sells paan.
    • Shuffling his feet in the sand, head bowed low, Joseph stopped at the paanwallah for tea.1994, Nurjehan Aziz, Her Mother's Ashes
    • She looked the exact image of Mother India on calendars Victor had seen in paanwala’s shops.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 97

Forms of paanwallah

pluralpaanwallahs
alternative formpaanwala

Origin of paanwallah

From Hindi.

Questions about paanwallah

What does paanwallah mean?
Paanwallah means someone who sells paan.
What part of speech is paanwallah?
Paanwallah is a noun.
What is the plural of paanwallah?
The plural of paanwallah is paanwallahs.

Words near paanwallah in the dictionary

  1. Paamese
  2. paan
  3. paanakam
  4. Paang Bundok
  5. paans
  6. paanwallah
  7. paanwallahs
  8. paar
  9. Paaratte
  10. paarite
  11. Paarl

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