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mawali

English translation: disreputable character or a drifter, or work shirker, or loafer

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Hindi term or phrase:mawali
English translation:disreputable character or a drifter, or work shirker, or loafer
Entered by: Narasimhan Raghavan

08:07 Apr 27, 2007
Hindi to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Hindi term or phrase: mawali
I've got numerous hindi words in dialogues, and this is one of them. Presumably an offensive one
mww
Local time: 06:50
disreputable character or a drifter, or work shirker, or loafer
Explanation:
A drifter, work shirker, loafer
Selected response from:

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 10:20
Grading comment
thnx

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2a barbaric south-Indian tribe/boorish/barbaric/uncouth
Rajan Chopra
5 +1disreputable character or a drifter, or work shirker, or loafer
Narasimhan Raghavan


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a barbaric south-Indian tribe/boorish/barbaric/uncouth


Explanation:
These are some of the possible English equivalents.

Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 10:20
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Narasimhan Raghavan: a barbaric south-Indian tribe is not politically correct, as if saying there is no barbaric North-Indian tribe
3 mins
agree  georgina singh
8 hrs
agree  Sajjad Hamadani
19 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
disreputable character or a drifter, or work shirker, or loafer


Explanation:
A drifter, work shirker, loafer

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 10:20
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thnx

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  satish krishna itikela
5 mins
  -> Thanks Satish
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