mullah

mullah Definition

mul·lah (mul′ə, mo̵ol′ə)

noun

a Muslim teacher or interpreter of the religious law: a general title of respect for a learned man

Etymology: Turk, Pers, & Hindi mulla < Ar maulā, a master, sir

mullah Usage Examples

Converse of subject

Converse of object

fight: As Iraq crushed Communists at home and fought Iranian mullahs abroad, few apprehensions about its weapons were expressed.
ask: I asked a mullah about him: " Who is next to Jesus in the line of the prophets?

Adjective modifier

Iranian: This is a dangerous game, not least for the Iranian mullahs.
radical: Iran's antipathy toward the West did not spontaneously generate out of the crazed rhetoric of radical mullahs.

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