Wallah

This article is about the use in Indo-Aryan languages. For the use in Arabic, see the Wiktionary entry wallah.

Wallah, -walla, -wala, or -vālā (Hindi: वाला; fem. वाली -vālī), is a suffix used in a number of Indo-Aryan languages, like Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali or Marathi. Originating from Sanskrit पा॒ल (pālá) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), it forms an adjectival compound from a noun or an agent noun from a verb. For example; it may indicate a person involved in some kind of activity, where they come from, or what they wear (topiwala), i.e., habitué.

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