ملا

See also: ملأ

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُلّا (mullā), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mul.laː/

Noun

مُلَّا • (mullā) m (plural مَلالِي (malālī))

  1. (Islam) mullah, mollah, mulla, moolah

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْلَى (mawlā).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊl.lɑː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊl.lɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mul.lɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? mullā
Dari reading? mullā
Iranian reading? mollâ
Tajik reading? mullo

Noun

Dari ملا
Iranian Persian
Tajik мулло

مُلّا • (mollâ) (plural ملایان (mollâyân) or ملاها (mollâ-hâ))

  1. (Islam) mullah, mollah, mulla, moolah
    Synonym: آخوند (âxund)

Descendants

  • Dari: ملا (mullā)
  • Iranian Persian: ملا (mollâ)
  • Tajik: мулло (mullo)
  • Arabic: مُلَّا (mullā)
  • Azerbaijani: molla
  • Bengali: মোল্লা (mōlla)
  • English: mullah
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुल्ला (mullā)
    Urdu: مُلّا (mullā)
  • Indonesian: mullah
  • Japanese: ムッラー (murra)
  • Kazakh: молда (molda)
  • Korean: 물라 (mulla)
  • Kumyk: молла (molla)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: مەلا (mela)
    Northern Kurdish: mela
  • Kyrgyz: молдо (moldo)
  • Punjabi: ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā)
  • Punjabi: ਸੁੱਲ (sulla), ਸੁੱਲੀ (sullī)
  • Serbo-Croatian: mulaмула
  • Spanish: mulá
  • Turkish: molla
  • Ukrainian: мулла́ (mullá)
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