मौला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَوْلَا (mawlā, “Lord”), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan). Doublet of मुल्ला (mullā).

Cognate with Bengali মওলা (moōla).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɔː.lɑː/, [mɔː.läː]

Noun

मौला • (maulā) m (Urdu spelling مولا)

1. lord, God; the Lord

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान

Declension

Declension of मौला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मौला maulā	मौले maule
oblique	मौले maule	मौलों maulõ
vocative	मौले maule	मौलो maulo

Derived terms

• मस्त-मौला (mast-maulā)
• मौलाना (maulānā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मौला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 839