মৌলবী

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • মওলবী (moōlbi), মওলবি (moōlbi), মৌলবি (mōulbi)
  • মৌলভি (mōulbhi), মৌলভী (mōulbhi) — via Hindustani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَوْلَوِی (mawlawī), from Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, “of the lord”).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mou̯lobi/, [ˈmou̯lobiˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mou̯lobi/, [ˈmou̯lobiˑ]

Noun

মৌলবী • (mōulbi) (Islam)

  1. maulvi (a title applied to revered Islamic scholars, teachers and leaders)

Derived terms

  • মৌলভীবাজার (mōulbhibajar, “Moulvibazar”)
Bengali terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي (0 c, 7 e)
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