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maulvi

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Definition of maulvi

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An imam; a Muslim doctor of law.
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noun

  1. An imam; a Muslim doctor of law.
  2. (South-Asia, broadly)Any man of learning; a scholar, a teacher of Classical languages.
    “He had a maulvi and a pandit to teach him Urdu and Hindi.”

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Etymology

From Urdu مولوی (maulvi), and its source, Classical Persian مولوی (mawlawī), noun use of Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, “of a lord or master”), ultimately from مَوْلًى (mawlan, “master”). Compare Mevlevi, mullah, maulana.

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