ouléma

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish علما (ʿulemâ), from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ, plural of عَالِم (ʕālim)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.le.ma/

Noun

ouléma m (plural oulémas)

1. (Islam) a Muslim scholar

Further reading

• “ouléma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.