ملا

See also: ملأ

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mullā), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mul.laː/

Noun

مُلَّا • (mullā) m (plural مَلالِي (malālī))

(Islam) mullah, mollah, mulla, moolah

Declension

Declension of noun **مُلَّا** (mullā)
singular	singular invariable
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُلَّا mullā	الْمُلَّا al-mullā	مُلَّا mullā
nominative	مُلَّا mullā	الْمُلَّا al-mullā	مُلَّا mullā
accusative	مُلَّا mullā	الْمُلَّا al-mullā	مُلَّا mullā
genitive	مُلَّا mullā	الْمُلَّا al-mullā	مُلَّا mullā

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan). Doublet of (mawlā / mowlâ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mul.ˈlaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊl.lɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊl.lɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mul.lɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mol.lɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mul.lɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mullā
Dari reading^?	mullā
Iranian reading^?	mollâ
Tajik reading^?	mullo

Noun

ملا • (mullā / mollâ) (plural ملایان (mullāyān / mollâyân), or ملاها (mullā-hā / mollâ-hâ), Tajik spelling мулло)

(Islam) mullah, mollah, mulla, moolah
Synonym: آخوند (âxund)

Descendants

→ Arabic: مُلَّا (mullā)
→ Azerbaijani: molla
→ Bengali: মোল্লা (mōlla)
→ English: mullah
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मुल्ला (mullā)

Urdu: مُلّا (mullā)
→ Indonesian: mullah
→ Japanese: ムッラー (murra)
→ Kazakh: молда (molda)
→ Korean: 물라 (mulla)
→ Kumyk: молла (molla)
→ Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مەلا (mela)

Northern Kurdish: mela
→ Kyrgyz: молдо (moldo)
→ Lurish:
Bakhtiari: ملا (mollâ, molâ)
→ Mazanderani: ملا (mellâ)
→ Punjabi: ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā)
→ Punjabi: ਸੁੱਲਾ (sullā), ਸੁੱਲੀ (sullī)
- → English: sulla, sulli
→ Serbo-Croatian: mula / мула
→ Spanish: mulá
→ Turkish: molla
→ Ukrainian: мулла́ (mullá)

See also

روحانی (rowhâni)
موبد (mubad)
مُغ (moġ)

Further reading

ملا on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa