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"word": "ground wallah"
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"word": "puncture-wallah"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "punkahwallah"
}
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"4": "",
"5": "pertaining to"
},
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},
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"args": {
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"2": "hi",
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"4": "",
"5": "person in charge"
},
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"name": "bor"
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"ref": "1931, George Orwell, A Hanging",
"text": "Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas.",
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}
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"A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah."
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"(India) A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah."
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"word": "competition wallah"
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"Short for competition wallah."
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"(India, historical) Short for competition wallah."
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"A guy or bloke."
],
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"guy",
"guy"
],
[
"bloke",
"bloke"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(British, slang) A guy or bloke."
],
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"British",
"slang"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈwɑːlə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɒlə/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːlə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒlə"
},
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"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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"3": "وَٱللّٰه",
"lit": "by God"
},
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"name": "der"
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"name": "People",
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"by God (Allah); may God be my witness. Used in making a solemn oath"
],
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[
"by God",
"by God"
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[
"Allah",
"Allah"
],
[
"may God be my witness",
"may God be my witness"
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"(Islam) by God (Allah); may God be my witness. Used in making a solemn oath"
],
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"word": "wallahee"
},
{
"word": "wallahi"
},
{
"word": "wellah"
},
{
"word": "wullah"
}
],
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"not-comparable"
],
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"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈwɑ(l.)lɑːh/"
},
{
"ipa": "/wəˈlɑː(h)/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːh"
},
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"(slang) Generic intensifier."
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"(slang) wow (an expression of surprise)"
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"I'm serious"
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"(slang, Tunisia) I'm serious"
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}
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"(slang) Generic intensifier."
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{
"ipa": "[ˈvala]"
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"(tag question, rather formal) right?"
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"(slang) (tag question, rather formal) right?"
],
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{
"word": "wa"
},
{
"word": "gell"
},
{
"word": "ne"
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{
"word": "nicht"
},
{
"word": "nicht wahr"
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{
"word": "oder"
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}
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{
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{
"ipa": "[waˈlːah]"
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],
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"pos": "intj",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "wallahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"name": "Islam",
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"text": "– Är det sant? – Wallah! Jag svär!\n– Is that true? – Wallah! I swear!",
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],
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"wallah (when making an oath)"
],
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[
"wallah",
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]
],
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"(Islam) wallah (when making an oath)"
],
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{
"word": "mammas död"
}
],
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"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
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"(slang) Generic intensifier."
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}
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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"Generic intensifier."
],
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"(slang) Generic intensifier."
],
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}
],
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}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English heteronyms",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Hindi",
"English terms derived from Hindi",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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