[ 'wɒlə ]
■ noun Indian or informal a person of a specified kind or having a specified role.
Origin
from the Hindi suffix -vālā 'doer' (commonly interpreted in the sense 'fellow'), from Sanskrit pālaka 'keeper'.
[ 'wɒlə ]
■ noun Indian or informal a person of a specified kind or having a specified role.
Origin
from the Hindi suffix -vālā 'doer' (commonly interpreted in the sense 'fellow'), from Sanskrit pālaka 'keeper'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004