ouléma

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish علما (ʿulemâ), from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ, plural of عَالِم (ʕālim)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.le.ma/

Noun

ouléma m (plural oulémas)

  1. (Islam) a Muslim scholar

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