ملا

See also: ملأ‎

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُلّا‎ (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

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْلَى‎ (mawlā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mul.lɑː]

 

• (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

Dari	ملا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мулло

مُلّا • (mollâ) (plural ملایان‎ (mollâyân) or ملاها‎ (mollâ-hâ))

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

   Synonym: آخوند‎ (âxund)

Related terms

• روحانی‎ (rowhâni), موبد‎ (mubad), مُغ‎ (moğ)

Descendants

• Dari: ملا‎ (mullā)
• Iranian Persian: ملا‎ (mollâ)
• Tajik: мулло (mullo)
• → 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)
• → Punjabi: ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā)
• → Punjabi: ਸੁੱਲ (sulla), ਸੁੱਲੀ (sullī)
  • → English: sulli
• → Serbo-Croatian: mula／мула
• → Spanish: mulá
• → Turkish: molla
• → Ukrainian: мулла́ (mullá)