Lalla
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lalla is a noun meaning (India, historical) A native clerk who writes the vernacular.
Meaning
(India, historical) A native clerk who writes the vernacular.
More Meanings
- (India, historical) A respectable merchant.
- (historical) In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.
- (historical) In Persia, a male nurse.
Example Sentences
Where there are no tigers, the Lalla (scribe) becomes a shikaree.
There were Hindu lallas from the piece-goods market of Bulandshahr, smartly dressed in silks; there were Kashmiri Muhammadans from the local carpet factories, immaculately clad in white cotton; […]
Word Forms
- lallas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lall, lally, walla, lama.
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