transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwä-lə, in combination usually ]
ˌwä-lə noun
Etymology: Hindi & Urdu -vālā one in charge, from Sanskrit pāla protector, from pālayati, pārayati he guards; akin to Sanskrit piparti he brings over, saves, Old English faran to go — more at fare
Date: 1782
: a person who is associated with a particular work or who performs a specific duty or service — usually used in combination
the book wallah was an itinerant peddler — George Orwell