Mullah definition

mŭlə, mo͝olə
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A religious teacher or leader, especially in Shiite practice.
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Used as a form of address for such a teacher.
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A Muslim teacher or interpreter of the religious law.
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(Islam) A Muslim religious scholar and teacher of sharia law.
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Singular:
mullah
Plural:
mullahs

Origin of mullah

  • Urdu mullā from Persian from Arabic mawlā master, friend from waliya to become near, be in charge wly in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Turkish molla, Persian ملا, from Arabic مولى (mawla, “vicar, guardian”).

    From Wiktionary

Mullah Sentence Examples

  • In 1908-1909, however, fighting was renewed, the mullah and the Mijertins failing to agree.

  • From the mosque the procession goes to a private house, where a mullah recites the story of the martyrdom.

  • Here the younger boys are collected and instructed in the rudiments of reading, writing and religious creed by the village mullah, or priest, who thereby acquires an early influence over the Afghan mind.

  • The British outposts extended to Saighan, in the Oxus basin, and to Mullah Khan, in the plain of Seistan.

  • Said Mahommed, son of Mirza Daud, a chief mullah at Meshed, whose mother was the reputed daughter of Suleiman, declared himself king, and imprisoned and blinded Shah Rukh.

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