मौलवी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مولوی (mawlawī), from Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɔːl.ʋiː/

Noun

मौलवी • (maulvī) m (Urdu spelling مولوی)

1. (Islam) maulvi, cleric

Declension

Declension of मौलवी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मौलवी maulvī	मौलवी maulvī
oblique	मौलवी maulvī	मौलवियों maulviyõ
vocative	मौलवी maulvī	मौलवियो maulviyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मौलवी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press