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单词 paanwallah
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paanwallahn.

Brit. /ˈpɑːnwɒlə/, U.S. /ˈpɑnˌwɑlə/, /ˈpɑnˌwɔlə/
Forms: 1900s– paan wala, 1900s– paan-wala, 1900s– paanwala, 1900s– paan walla, 1900s– paan-walla, 1900s– paanwalla, 1900s– paan wallah, 1900s– paan-wallah, 1900s– paanwallah, 1900s– pan wala, 1900s– pan-wala, 1900s– panwala, 1900s– pan walla, 1900s– panwalla, 1900s– pan wallah, 1900s– pan-wallah, 1900s– panwallah.
Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi pānvālā.
Etymology: < Hindi pānvālā < pān paan n. + -vālā wallah n. Compare earlier paan-seller n. at paan n. Compounds 1b.
South Asian.
A person who sells paan (and sometimes other refreshments).
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paanwallah1955
1955 R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will xxvi. 186 He stopped at a pānwala's and..asked for a pān with cardamons and aniseed.
1969 Hindusthan Standard (Calcutta) 5 Aug. 2/4 As one waits..for the panwallah to stuff a betel leaf with hot or sweet masallah..and roll it into a shapely pan.
1995 M. Kesavan Looking through Glass 223 He bought a tin of Players from the paanwallah outside the Carlton.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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