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mul⋅lah

  [muhl-uh, mool-uh, moo-luh]
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–noun
1. (in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
2. (in Turkey) a provincial judge.
Also, mulla, mollah.

Origin:
1605–15; < Pers or Urdu mullā < Ar mawlā; see maulvi
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mul·lah also mul·la   (mŭl'ə, mŏŏl'ə)   
n.   Islam

  1. A male religious teacher or leader.

  2. Used as a form of address for such a man.


[Urdu mullā, from Persian, from Arabic mawlā, master, friend, from waliya, to become near, be in charge; see wly in Semitic roots.]
mul'lah·ism n.
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mullah 
title given in Muslim lands to one learned in theology and sacred law, 1613, from Turk. molla, Pers. and Urdu mulla, from Arabic mawla "master," from waliya "reigned, governed."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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