[in combination or with modifier](Indian or informal)a person concerned or involved with a specified thing or business (印度,非正式)与某事有关的人 a paan-wallah. 买卖槟榔叶提神物的人。 ■a native or inhabitant of a specified place 某地人 Bombay wallahs. 孟买人。
语源
from the Hindi suffix -vālā 'doer' (commonly interpreted in the sense 'fellow'), from Sanskrit pālaka 'keeper'