mullah
noun/ˈmʌlə/, /ˈmʊlə/
/ˈmʌlə/, /ˈmʊlə/
- a Muslim teacher of religion and holy lawTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Persian, Turkish, and Urdu mullā, from Arabic mawlā.
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