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Wallah vs Whallah - What's the difference?

wallah | whallah | Alternative forms |

Whallah is a alternative form of wallah.



As interjections the difference between wallah and whallah

is that wallah is misspelling of voilà|lang=en while whallah is voila; ta-da, presto; lo and behold.

As a noun wallah

is a servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.

wallah

English

Etymology 1

Either from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (India) A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah .
  • * 1931 , George Orwell, A Hanging
    • Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas.
  • (British, slang) A guy or bloke.
    • Derived terms
    * boxwallah, boxwalla * punkahwallah

    Etymology 2

    Interjection

    (head)

    • References

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    whallah

    English

    Alternative forms

    * voila, wallah

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • voila; ta-da, presto; lo and behold
  • * 1984 Josh Greenfield, The Return of Mister Hollywood (Doubleday, ISBN 0385184077) p.23:
    • People back East always thought it was a simple matter: a property, a star, a director — and whallah — a picture.
  • * 2011 James Altucher, " 10 Things Entrepreneurs Don’t Learn in College", TechCruch 13 November 2011:
    • They were mammoth but if you turned down a random corner then, whallah !—there might be an arts & crafts show.