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Meaning of Lalla | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

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

Italiano Lalla

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; […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Lallana lallang lallapalootza lallation Lalley Lalli

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