мулла

Bashkir

Etymology

From Arabic مُلَّا‎ (mullā) / Persian ملا‎ (mollâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muˈɫːɑ]
• Hyphenation: мул‧ла

Noun

мулла • (mulla)

1. mullah, an Islamic cleric in a local religious community

Declension

Inflection of мулла (mulla)

	singular	plural
absolute	мулла (mulla)	муллалар (mullalar)
definite genitive	мулланың (mullanıŋ)	муллаларҙың (mullalarðıŋ)
dative	муллаға (mullağa)	муллаларға (mullalarğa)
definite accusative	мулланы (mullanı)	муллаларҙы (mullalarðı)
locative	муллала (mullala)	муллаларҙа (mullalarða)
ablative	мулланан (mullanan)	муллаларҙан (mullalarðan)

Russian

Alternative forms

• молла (molla) – obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Tatar мулла (mulla), from Arabic مولى‎. Attested since 17th century.

Replaced earlier (16th – 18th cc.) молла (molla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊˈɫːa]

Noun

мулла́ • (mullá) m anim (genitive муллы́, nominative plural муллы́, genitive plural мулл)

1. (Islam) mullah (a Muslim religious scholar and teacher)

Declension

Declension of мулла́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мулла́ mullá	муллы́ mullý
genitive	муллы́ mullý	му́лл múll
dative	мулле́ mullé	мулла́м mullám
accusative	муллу́ mullú	му́лл múll
instrumental	мулло́й, мулло́ю mullój, mullóju	мулла́ми mullámi
prepositional	мулле́ mullé	мулла́х mulláx