Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lalla

/lˈælə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: lal-la
IPA: /lˈælə/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

A locality in the City of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.

noun

In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.

noun

In Persia, a male nurse.

noun

A native clerk who writes the vernacular.

Indian usage

noun

A respectable merchant.

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"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; […]"

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

Lallas (plural)

Rhymes With

gala ala salah valhalla ramallah ocala abdallah calla halla balla valla falla

Questions

How do you pronounce lalla?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈælə/.
What does lalla mean?: A surname.

How to pronounce lalla

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