paanwallah

English

Alternative forms

• paanwala

Etymology

From Hindi.

Noun

paanwallah (plural paanwallahs)

1. (South Asia) Someone who sells paan.
   • 1994, Nurjehan Aziz, Her Mother's Ashes:

     Shuffling his feet in the sand, head bowed low, Joseph stopped at the paanwallah for tea.

   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 97:

     She looked the exact image of Mother India on calendars Victor had seen in paanwala’s shops.