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单词 maulvi
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maulvin.

Brit. /ˈmaʊlvi/, U.S. /ˈmaʊlvi/
Forms:

α. 1600s moolevelee (irregular), 1700s moulavre (irregular), 1800s moulvee, 1800s– maulvie, 1800s– moolvee, 1800s– moulvi, 1800s– moulvie, 1900s– maulvi, 1900s– molvi.

β. 1700s molavee, 1700s molavie, 1700s moulewy, 1700s–1800s moulavie, 1800s maulavi, 1800s moolavee, 1800s moulavie.

Frequently with capital initial.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu mawlawī; Persian mawlavī.
Etymology: < Urdu mawlawī (in colloquial South Asian pronunciation also as maulvī , mulvī , mūlvī ) and its etymon Persian mawlavī, use as noun in specialized sense of Arabic mawlawī relating to a lord or master, ultimately < mawlā lord, master (see mullah n.). Compare maulana n. N.E.D. (1908) enters this under moolvee and gives the pronunciation as (mū·lvi) /ˈmuːlviː/, reflecting an alternative South Asian pronunciation.
A Muslim doctor of the law; an imam. Also gen. (esp. in South Asia): a teacher of Arabic, a learned man. Also as a title and form of address.
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1776 in Claim of Rada Churn 13/2 The Cauree and Muftee of the district, and two Moulewys, shall sit to expound the Law.
1784 in Calcutta Rev. (1856) 26 79 A Pundit in Bengal, or Molavee May daily see a carcase burn.
1794 E. Burke Speech Impeachm. W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) VIII. 375 These women have Mr. Middleton's..guarantee..for their having a law officer of high rank, a moulavie [printed moulavre] of their own.
1834 Baboo II. xii. 253 The holy Moolavee was sent on board the ship.
1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. viii. iii. 235 Though there was no organised body of clergy, there was a class (called moulavis or mullahs) from which judges, lawyers, and ministers of religion were..taken.
1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. ix. vi. 677 The Moulvie of Lucknow.
1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. xi. 239 The Seedees, though knowing nothing of the Mohammedan religion..offered more opinions than a ‘moulvie’, or Mussulman priest, would.
1891 Daily Chron. 4 Sept. 5/5 Mohammedan moulvis.
1904 G. Smith Short Hist. Christian Missions 106 The Maulvies or Mohammedan doctors of Tunis.
1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus Blanket Boy's Moon iii. ii. 162 Whenever a ship tarries here with amaSuleiman men aboard, the Moulvie comes to talk and pray with them.
1976 Guyana Chron. (Georgetown) 30 June 13 Prayers were said by a number of Moulvis from various districts and there was reading from the Holy Quran.
1981 Times 10 Apr. 11/2 The Department of Religious Affairs has to organize the Hajji's transport to Mecca and Medina and put him in a group which is supervised by a registered Saudi maulvi.
2006 I. Dharker Terrorist at my Table 33 It wasn't anything the maulvi said. No one lectured me or told me what to do.

Derivatives

maulviˈ saidmaulvi-ship n. Indian History Obsolete the office or position of maulvi (formerly appointed as assessor in certain courts); (with preceding possessive adjective) as a mock title of respect.
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1886 G. Yule in H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 818 The Moulvee-ship..must have been abolished before I became a judge (I think), which was 2 or 3 years before the Mutiny; for I have no recollection of ever sitting with a Moulvee.
1915 W. Campbell Sketches from Formosa xxvii. 141 My colleague stepped forward to say something to him, saw a long foreign candle inside his sleeve, pulled it out, and simply held it up in front of His Moulviship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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