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Mulla

A religious scholar and teacher of sharia law.

📖 Definitions of "Mulla"

noun

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
mullahnoun	(Islam) An honorific title for a scholar of theology and sharia law.
mollahnoun	Archaic form of mullah. [(Islam) An honorific title for a scholar of theology and sharia law.]

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
mullahnoun	(Islam) An honorific title for a scholar of theology and sharia law.
mollahnoun	Archaic form of mullah. [(Islam) An honorific title for a scholar of theology and sharia law.]
mollanoun	A surname.
mallanoun	A surname.
malanoun	(Hinduism, Sikhism) A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.
publicnoun	(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
muminnoun	A surname from Arabic.
mulanoun	A surname.
mussanoun	A surname from Arabic.
muslehnoun	A surname.
muhlnoun	A surname from German.
mubaraknoun	An Arabic male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
mullikinnoun	A surname.
mulenoun	The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
mullanenoun	A surname.
mullinnoun	A surname.
mullennoun	A surname.
mukhtarnoun	(politics) A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.
murganoun	A stress position used as corporal punishment in parts of South Asia. The punished person has to squat and loop the arms behind the knees to grip the ears.
mullinsnoun	A surname.