mullah

See also: Mullah

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊ.lə/, /ˈmʌ.lə/
• Rhymes: -ʊlə

Etymology 1

From Turkish molla, Persian ملا (mollâ), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan, “vicar, guardian”).

Noun

mullah (plural mullahs)

1. (Islam) A religious scholar and teacher of sharia law.
2. (India, religious slur, slang) A conservative Muslim leader or cleric, especially one who is hostile against other religions.
3. (India, religious slur, slang, by extension) A Muslim.

Translations

a Muslim religious scholar and teacher

• Albanian: mulla (sq) m
• Amharic: ሙላህ (mulah)
• Arabic: مُلَّا m (mullā), مَوْلًى m (mawlan)
• Armenian: մոլլա (hy) (molla)
• Azerbaijani: molla (az)
• Bashkir: мулла (mulla)
• Belarusian: мула́ m (mulá)
• Bengali: মোল্লা (mōlla), আখন্দ (akhondo)
• Bulgarian: молла́ m (mollá)
• Chechen: молла (molla)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: мола (mola), ахун (ahun)

  Mandarin: 毛拉 (zh) (máolā), 穆拉 (mùlā), 阿訇 (zh) (āhōng)

• Finnish: mullah (fi)
• French: mollah (fr) m
• Georgian: მოლა (mola)
• German: Mullah (de) m, Mulla (de) m, Molla m
• Greek: μουλάς (el) m (moulás)
• Hebrew: מולא m (mula)
• Hindi: मुल्ला (hi) m (mullā)
• Indonesian: mullah (id)
• Japanese: ムッラー (murra)
• Kazakh: молда (molda)
• Korean: 물라 (mulla)
• Kumyk: молла (molla)
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• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەلا (ckb) (mela)

  Northern Kurdish: mela (ku)

• Kyrgyz: молдо (moldo)
• Malay: mullah
• Nogai: молла (molla)
• Pashto: ملا (ps) m (mәlã, molã)
• Persian: ملا (fa) (mollâ), آخوند (fa) (âxund), آخوند (fa) (âxond)
• Polish: mułła (pl) m
• Portuguese: mulá (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā)
• Russian: мулла́ (ru) m (mullá)
• Sango: mâlamu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мула m

  Roman: mula (sh) m

• Spanish: mulá m
• Tajik: мулло (mullo), охунд (oxund)
• Tatar: мулла (tt) (mulla)
• Tigrinya: ሙላህ (mulah)
• Turkish: molla (tr)
• Turkmen: molla
• Ukrainian: мулла́ m (mullá)
• Urdu: مَولْوِی m (maulvī), مُلّا m (mullā) (derogatory)
• Uyghur: موللا (ug) (molla), موللام (mollam), ئاخۇن (axun)
• Uzbek: mulla (uz), oxund (uz)

Etymology 2

Verb

mullah (third-person singular simple present mullahs, present participle mullahing, simple past and past participle mullahed)

1. (transitive, UK, slang) Alternative form of muller (“to beat, thrash”)
   • 2009, Nigel Benn, The Dark Destroyer:

     But I mullahed him. He may have been four inches taller but I punched him through the ropes and knocked the granny and the grandad out of him.

   • 2016, Ben Cohen, Carry Me Home: My Autobiography (page 76)

     The Sevens practice session was touch rugby, but every time Harvey got the ball, I absolutely mullahed him. I pushed him, dumped him on his arse, ran through him. Every time.

Anagrams

• Hallum

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French

Noun

mullah m (plural mullahs)

1. Alternative spelling of mollah