Meaning of Lalla | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.
   historical
3. A locality in the City of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.
4. In Persia, a male nurse.
   historical
5. A native clerk who writes the vernacular.
   India, historical
6. A respectable merchant.
   India, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“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; […]”

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