مولى

See also: مولی

Arabic

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.lan/

Noun

مَوْلًى • (mawlan) m (construct state مَوْلَى (mawlā), plural مَوَالٍ (mawālin, construct state مَوَالِي (mawālī)), feminine مَوْلَاة (mawlāh))

1. chief, lord, master
2. patron, client
3. slave
4. ally, friend, follower

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْلًى (mawlan)

singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَوْلَى mawlā	الْمَوْلَى al-mawlā	مَوْلَى mawlā
nominative	مَوْلًى mawlan	الْمَوْلَى al-mawlā	مَوْلَى mawlā
accusative	مَوْلًى mawlan	الْمَوْلَى al-mawlā	مَوْلَى mawlā
genitive	مَوْلًى mawlan	الْمَوْلَى al-mawlā	مَوْلَى mawlā
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَوْلَيَيْن mawlayayn	الْمَوْلَيَيْن al-mawlayayn	مَوْلَيَيْ mawlayay
nominative	مَوْلَيَانِ mawlayāni	الْمَوْلَيَانِ al-mawlayāni	مَوْلَيَا mawlayā
accusative	مَوْلَيَيْنِ mawlayayni	الْمَوْلَيَيْنِ al-mawlayayni	مَوْلَيَيْ mawlayay
genitive	مَوْلَيَيْنِ mawlayayni	الْمَوْلَيَيْنِ al-mawlayayni	مَوْلَيَيْ mawlayay
plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَوَالِي mawālī	الْمَوَالِي al-mawālī	مَوَالِي mawālī
nominative	مَوَالٍ mawālin	الْمَوَالِي al-mawālī	مَوَالِي mawālī
accusative	مَوَالِيَ mawāliya	الْمَوَالِيَ al-mawāliya	مَوَالِيَ mawāliya
genitive	مَوَالٍ mawālin	الْمَوَالِي al-mawālī	مَوَالِي mawālī

Descendants

• Maltese: mula (obsolete), ⇒ Mulej
• → Classical Persian: مُلَّا (mullā) (see there for further descendants)
• → Classical Persian: مَوْلَا (mawlā), مَوْلَیٰ (mawlā) (see there for further descendants)
• → Swahili: maulana (see there for further descendants)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN