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dudhwallah

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A milkman or milkwoman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India

Examples

  • 2004, Neela Vaswani, "Possession at the Tomb of Sayyed Pir Hazrat Baba Bahadur Saheed Rah Aleh" in Where the Long Grass Bends, Sarabande Books, 2012, https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZQ5XgmT63mwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The dudh-wallah hands Nanak a large cup of lassi and a small cup of milk.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दूधवाला (dūdhvālā, “milkman”). See wallah.