Wiktionary

oelama

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /u.laː.maː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: oe‧la‧ma

Noun edit

oelama (plural)

  1. (Islam) ulema
    1. (plural only) Islamic religious specialists
    2. (collective) the community of Islamic experts

Usage notes edit

  • A nonstandard (double) plural oelama's is sometimes found in the meaning “religious experts”.
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