মৌলবী

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مولوی (mawlawī), nominalized from Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, of the lord), from مَوْلَى (mawlā, lord). The last two alternative forms come via Hindustani مولوی (molvī) / मौलवी (maulvī).

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Noun

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মৌলবী (mōulbi) (Islam)

  1. maulvi (a title applied to revered Islamic scholars, teachers and leaders)

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