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‖ mudalali India and Sri Lanka.|ˈmʊdələlɪ|
Also mutalali.
[Marathi, f. muddal, mudal capital, principal, stock; cf. modeliar, and Malayalam mutalali.]
A proprietor, a businessman, a rich trader.
1855in H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms 359/1 s.v. Mutalali. 1913L. Woolf Village in Jungle ii. 31 The fat Sinhalese Mudalali, Kodikarage Allis Appu, had supplied grain and curry stuffs on the same terms. 1971Ceylon Daily News 18 Sept. 4/1 Beggar auctions where..the beggars themselves have their services bought by bidding beggar mudalalis. |