ملا

See also: ملأ

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mul.laː/

Noun

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

(Islam) mullah, mollah, mulla, moolah

Declension

Declension of noun مُلَّا (mullā)

Singular	singular invariable
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُلَّا mullā	الْمُلَّا al-mullā	مُلَّا mullā
Nominative	مُلَّا mullā	الْمُلَّا al-mullā	مُلَّا mullā
Accusative	مُلَّا mullā	الْمُلَّا al-mullā	مُلَّا mullā
Genitive	مُلَّا mullā	الْمُلَّا al-mullā	مُلَّا mullā

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْلَى (mawlā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mul.lɑː]

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mol.lɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mul.lɔ]

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

Noun


Iranian Persian	ملا
Dari	ملا
Tajik	мулло

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

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

Related terms

روحانی (rowhâni), موبد (mubad), مُغ (moğ)

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)
- → English: sulli
→ Serbo-Croatian: mula／мула
→ Spanish: mulá
→ Turkish: molla
→ Ukrainian: мулла́ (mullá)

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