The story
- Hindi · borrowed fromडब्बावाला
- Marathi · borrowed fromडबेवाला
- English todaydabbawalla
Borrowed from Marathi डबेवाला (ḍabevālā), Hindi डब्बावाला (ḍabbāvālā), literally "person with a box".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dabbawalla
Today it means: A deliveryperson in Mumbai, India who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers. Full definition →
Marathi डबेवाला ← Hindi डब्बावाला