mudalali
/mʊdəˈlɑːli/noun
In Sri Lanka and southern India: a proprietor, a business person, an entrepreneur (especially one not affecting Western dress and not doing business in English).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Horace Wilson (1786–1860), Sanskritist. From Sinhala mudalāli and its etymon Tamil mutalāḷi proprietor from mutal property. Cf mudaliyar.
- walk into
- walkist
- walk it
- walklet
- Walkman
- walk-march
- walk Matilda
- walk mill
- walk-off
- walk off with
- walk of life
- walk of shame
- walk-on
- walk on air
- walk on eggshells
- walk (or stand) tall
- walk (or tread) on air
- walk out
- walkout
- walk over
- walkover
- walkround
- walk someone off their feet
- walk something back
- walk something off