مولانا

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā), from مَوْلًى (mawlan, “lord”) + possessive suffix ـنَا (-nā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maw.laː.ˈnaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.lɑː.nɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäw.lɑː.nɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäw.lɔː.nɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mow.lɒː.nɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.lɔ.nɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mawlānā
Dari reading^?	mawlānā
Iranian reading^?	mowlânâ
Tajik reading^?	mavlono

Noun

مولانا • (mowlânâ)

maulana; a title for religious scholars, most famously held by the poet Rumi

Descendants

→ Bengali: মওলানা (moōlana)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मौलाना (maulānā)

Urdu: مولانا (maulānā)
- → English: maulana
→ Ottoman Turkish: مولانا (Mevlânâ)
- Turkish: Mevlana