ملا

See also: ملأ

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mul.laː/

Noun

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

1. (Islam) mullah, mollah, mulla, moolah

Declension

Declension of noun مُلَّا (mullā)

singular	singular invariable
	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

Etymology tree

Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan)bor.

Persian ملا

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan). Doublet of مولا (mawlā / mowlâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mul.ˈlaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊl.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

ملا • (mullā / mollâ) (plural ملایان (mullāyān / mollâyân), or ملاها (mullā-hā / mollâ-hâ), Tajik spelling мулло)

1. (Islam) mullah

   Synonym: آخوند (āxūnd / âxund)

Descendants

• → 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)
• → Lurish:

  Bakhtiari: ملا (mollâ, molâ)

• → Mazanderani: ملا (mellâ)
• → Punjabi: ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā)
• → Punjabi: ਸੁੱਲਾ (sullā), ਸੁੱਲੀ (sullī)
  • → English: sulla, sulli
• → Serbo-Croatian: mula / мула
• → Spanish: mulá
• → Turkish: molla
• → Ukrainian: мулла́ (mullá)
• → Uyghur: موللا (molla)
• → Uzbek: mulla

See also

• روحانی (rūhānī / rowhâni)
• مغ (muġ / moġ)
• موبد (mōbad / mubad)

Further reading

• ملا on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa