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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Arabic مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā).
The Indian slang usage of the term for any Muslim person was derived from a stereotype, especially towards Muslims who look stereotypical (beard, robes, and skullcap).
Noun
[edit]maulana (plural maulanas)
- (Islam) A religious scholar, especially in Central and South Asia.
- 1981, V. S. Naipaul, Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey, page 168:
- At the end of his long and cantankerous life the maulana had gone against all his high principles. He had gone to a Boston hospital to look for health; he had at the very end entrusted himself to the skill and science of the civilization he had tried to shield his followers from.
- (India, Islam, Internet slang, religious slur) A Muslim person in general, especially an extreme conservative.
See also
[edit]Swahili
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā, “our lord”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
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