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Mullah

/ˈmʊ.lə/

A religious scholar and teacher of sharia law.

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    A religious scholar and teacher of sharia law.

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mullanounA surname from Arabic.
mollahnounArchaic form of mullah. [(Islam) An honorific title for a scholar of theology and sharia law.]

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mullanounA surname from Arabic.
mollahnounArchaic form of mullah. [(Islam) An honorific title for a scholar of theology and sharia law.]
muhammadnoun(Islam, uncountable) The figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís.
sheikhnounThe title of a sheik.
leadernounAny person who leads or directs.
publicnoun(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
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.
mollanounA surname.
mallanounA surname.
yusufnounA male given name from Arabic.
moollahnounArchaic form of mullah. [(Islam) An honorific title for a scholar of theology and sharia law.]
moolahnounAlternative spelling of moola (“money”). [(informal) Money, cash.]
moolanoun(informal) Money, cash.
moullahnounObsolete form of mullah. [(Islam) An honorific title for a scholar of theology and sharia law.]
maulananoun(Islam) A religious scholar, especially in Central and South Asia.
muftinoun(countable, Islam) A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.
maulvinounAn imam; a Muslim doctor of law.
alimnounAn educated scholar of Islamic law; a member of the ulema class
murshidnounAn Islamic teacher, especially in Sufism.
mutakallimnoun(Islam) A scholar of kalam.

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