mullah

See also: Mullah

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊ.lə/, /ˈmʌ.lə/
• Rhymes: -ʊlə

Etymology 1

From Turkish molla, Persian ملا‎ (mollâ), from Arabic مَوْلًى‎ (mawlan, “vicar, guardian”).

Noun

mullah (plural mullahs)

1. (Islam) A religious scholar and teacher of sharia law.
2. (India, religious slur, slang) A conservative Muslim leader or cleric, especially one who is hostile against other religions.
3. (India, religious slur, slang, by extension) A Muslim.

Translations

a Muslim religious scholar and teacher

• Albanian: mulla (sq) m
• Amharic: ሙላህ (mulah)
• Arabic: مُلَّا‎ m (mullā), مَوْلًى‎ m (mawlan)
• Armenian: մոլլա (hy) (molla)
• Azerbaijani: molla (az)
• Bashkir: мулла (mulla)
• Belarusian: мула́ m (mulá)
• Bengali: মোল্লা (bn) (mōlla), আখন্দ (bn) (akhondo)
• Bulgarian: молла́ m (mollá)
• Chechen: молла (molla)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: мола (mola), ахун (ahun)

  Mandarin: 毛拉 (zh) (máolā), 穆拉 (mùlā), 阿訇 (zh) (āhōng)

• Finnish: mullah (fi)
• French: mollah (fr) m
• Georgian: მოლა (mola)
• German: Mullah (de) m, Mulla (de) m, Molla m
• Greek: μουλάς (el) m (moulás)
• Hebrew: מולא‎ m (mula)
• Hindi: मुल्ला (hi) m (mullā)
• Indonesian: mullah (id)
• Japanese: ムッラー (murra)
• Kazakh: молда (molda)
• Korean: 물라 (mulla)
• Kumyk: молла (molla)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەلا‎ (ku) (mela)

  Northern Kurdish: mela (ku)

• Kyrgyz: молдо (moldo)
• Macedonian: му́ла m (múla)
• Malay: mullah
• Nogai: молла (molla)
• Pashto: ملا‎ (ps) m (mәlã, molã)
• Persian: ملا‎ (fa) (mollâ), آخوند‎ (fa) (âxund), آخوند‎ (fa) (âxond)
• Polish: mułła (pl) m
• Portuguese: mulá (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā)
• Russian: мулла́ (ru) m (mullá)
• Sango: mâlamu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мула m

  Roman: mula (sh) m

• Spanish: mulá (es) m
• Tajik: мулло (mullo), охунд (oxund)
• Tatar: мулла (tt) (mulla)
• Tigrinya: ሙላህ (mulah)
• Turkish: molla (tr)
• Turkmen: molla
• Ukrainian: мулла́ m (mullá)
• Urdu: مَولْوِی‎ m (maulvī), مُلّا‎ m (mullā) (derogatory)
• Uyghur: موللا‎ (ug) (molla), موللام‎ (mollam), ئاخۇن‎ (axun)
• Uzbek: mulla (uz), oxund (uz)

Etymology 2

Verb

mullah (third-person singular simple present mullahs, present participle mullahing, simple past and past participle mullahed)

1. (transitive, UK, slang) Alternative form of muller (“to beat, thrash”)
   • 2009, Nigel Benn, The Dark Destroyer:

     But I mullahed him. He may have been four inches taller but I punched him through the ropes and knocked the granny and the grandad out of him.

   • 2016, Ben Cohen, Carry Me Home: My Autobiography (page 76)

     The Sevens practice session was touch rugby, but every time Harvey got the ball, I absolutely mullahed him. I pushed him, dumped him on his arse, ran through him. Every time.

Anagrams

• Hallum

Finnish

Alternative forms

• mulla

Etymology

< Arabic مُلَّا‎ (mullā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulːɑh/, [ˈmulːɑh]
• Rhymes: -ulːɑh
• Syllabification^(key): mul‧lah

Noun

mullah

1. mullah (islamic scholar)

Declension

Inflection of mullah (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		mullah	mullahit
genitive		mullahin	mullahien mullaheiden mullaheitten
partitive		mullahia	mullaheita mullaheja
illative		mullahiin	mullaheihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mullah	mullahit
accusative	nom.	mullah	mullahit
	gen.	mullahin
genitive		mullahin	mullahien mullaheiden mullaheitten
partitive		mullahia	mullaheita mullaheja
inessive		mullahissa	mullaheissa
elative		mullahista	mullaheista
illative		mullahiin	mullaheihin
adessive		mullahilla	mullaheilla
ablative		mullahilta	mullaheilta
allative		mullahille	mullaheille
essive		mullahina	mullaheina
translative		mullahiksi	mullaheiksi
instructive		—	mullahein
abessive		mullahitta	mullaheitta
comitative		—	mullaheineen

Possessive forms of mullah (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mullahini	mullahimme
2nd person	mullahisi	mullahinne
3rd person	mullahinsa

French

Noun

mullah m (plural mullahs)

1. Alternative spelling of mollah