مولانا

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā, literally our lord), from مَوْلَى (mawlā, lord) + possessive suffix ـنَا (-nā).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Classical Persian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mæwlɒːˈnɒː/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IR" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mowlɒːˈnɒː/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Tehrani" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [moːlɒːˈnɒː]

Noun

مولانا (mowlânâ)

  1. maulana; a title for religious scholars, most famously held by the poet Rumi

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मौलाना (maulānā)
    Urdu: مولانا (maulānā)
    • English: maulana
  • Ottoman Turkish: مولانا (Mevlânâ)