mullahn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌlə/,

/ˈmʊlə/, U.S.

/ˈmʊlə/

Forms: 1600s meulaw, 1600s moolae, 1600s moulla, 1600s mowla, 1600s mula, 1600s mulay, 1600s mulha, 1600s mullao, 1600s mullay, 1600s–1700s molla, 1600s–1800s mulla, 1600s–1900s mollah, 1600s– mullah, 1700s–1800s moula, 1700s–1800s moulah, 1700s–1800s moullah, 1800s moolah, 1800s moollah, 1800s– maula, 1800s– moola. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Turkish. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Urdu mullā; Ottoman Turkish mollā; Arabic mawlā; French mullah, moula.

Etymology: < Persian mullā and Urdu mullā, Ottoman Turkish mollā (Turkish molla ), and their etymon Arabic mawlā lord, master, partly via French mullah (1671 in the passage translated in quot. 1672 at sense 1), moula (1674 in the passage translated in quot. 1687 at sense 1; also in 17th cent. in forms mola , molla , mollah , moullah ). Compare Italian mullah (a1652), German Mulla , Mullah (1656 or earlier as Molla ). Compare also maulvi n., maulana n.See further Encycl. Islam (new ed., 1993) at mollā. N.E.D. (1908) gives only the pronunciation (mɒ·lă) /ˈmʌlə/.

Islam.

1. Chiefly in Turkish-, Persian-, and Urdu-speaking regions: a person who is learned in Islamic theology and law; a Muslim cleric. Frequently as a title.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Islamic Law > [noun] > scholar

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1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 477 The Mulla's, or Priests of the Mogores.

c1617 J. Jourdain Jrnl. (1905) 91 His mullao or preist standinge by spake to him in his eare.

1672 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Contin. Mem. conc. Empire Great Mogol IV. 113 The Mullahs [Fr. Mullahs], who with great conveniency and delight spend their life there, under the shadow of the miraculous Sanctity of this Pire.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 102 There are Mulas [Fr. Moulas] who have great Salaries..for teaching all comers, Sciences and the Law, and they are properly the Doctors... These Mulas are also in Persia like Clerks or Notaries; they make the deeds of conveyances..and other deeds.

1715 London Gaz. No. 5306/2 The Ambassador's Moula, or Doctor of the Mahometan Law.

1767 W. J. Mickle Concubine i. ii Melodious Mulla! when, full oft whyleare, Thy gliding Murmurs soothd the gentle Brest Of hapless Spenser.

1849 M. Arnold Strayed Reveller, & Other Poems 37 A certain Moollah, with his robe All rent.

1865 Q. Jrnl. Sci. 2 97 He settled..at Constantinople, studying as a Mollah or Divinity Student in the colleges there.

1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 219 This must be the place the preaching moola meant when he spoke of the garden of Paradise.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 9/1 The mullahs gave Yusef a ‘fetva’ authorizing him to remove them in the interests of religion.

1955 Times 22 June 11/4 The fanaticism of the Mullahs is so much less effective at present, that the trouble may be dealt with on purely economic lines.

1992 M. Bishop Count Geiger's Blues xxxi. 157 Living with this lady was an unlikely goal, marriage as inconceivable as persuading a mullah to take communion.

2. In extended use. Frequently derogatory.

ΚΠ

1909 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 3/3 We are baffled by the Mullahs of valuation.

1984 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 Nov. 8/2 An ayatollah among the nuclear warfare mullahs, he had written extensively about nuclear policy at a high level of abstraction.

1991 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Sept. 142/3 The Christian-fundamentalist mullahs who turned green over Andres Serrano's Piss Christ will be frothing for a fatwa when the novel comes out.

2002 Daily Tel. 24 July 2 Mr. Davis is one of the Tories' traditionalist mullahs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mullah
释义	mullahn. Brit. /ˈmʌlə/, /ˈmʊlə/, U.S. /ˈmʊlə/ Forms: 1600s meulaw, 1600s moolae, 1600s moulla, 1600s mowla, 1600s mula, 1600s mulay, 1600s mulha, 1600s mullao, 1600s mullay, 1600s–1700s molla, 1600s–1800s mulla, 1600s–1900s mollah, 1600s– mullah, 1700s–1800s moula, 1700s–1800s moulah, 1700s–1800s moullah, 1800s moolah, 1800s moollah, 1800s– maula, 1800s– moola. Also with capital initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Turkish. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Urdu mullā; Ottoman Turkish mollā; Arabic mawlā; French mullah, moula. Etymology: < Persian mullā and Urdu mullā, Ottoman Turkish mollā (Turkish molla ), and their etymon Arabic mawlā lord, master, partly via French mullah (1671 in the passage translated in quot. 1672 at sense 1), moula (1674 in the passage translated in quot. 1687 at sense 1; also in 17th cent. in forms mola , molla , mollah , moullah ). Compare Italian mullah (a1652), German Mulla , Mullah (1656 or earlier as Molla ). Compare also maulvi n., maulana n.See further Encycl. Islam (new ed., 1993) at mollā. N.E.D. (1908) gives only the pronunciation (mɒ·lă) /ˈmʌlə/. Islam. 1. Chiefly in Turkish-, Persian-, and Urdu-speaking regions: a person who is learned in Islamic theology and law; a Muslim cleric. Frequently as a title. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Islamic Law > [noun] > scholar talisman1599 mullah1613 akhund1712 maulvi1776 mujtahid1811 ulemaa1843 cleric1885 society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > theologian > [noun] > Muslim talisman1599 softa1603 mullah1613 ulemaa1843 cleric1885 Islamist1914 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 477 The Mulla's, or Priests of the Mogores. c1617 J. Jourdain Jrnl. (1905) 91 His mullao or preist standinge by spake to him in his eare. 1672 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Contin. Mem. conc. Empire Great Mogol IV. 113 The Mullahs [Fr. Mullahs], who with great conveniency and delight spend their life there, under the shadow of the miraculous Sanctity of this Pire. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 102 There are Mulas [Fr. Moulas] who have great Salaries..for teaching all comers, Sciences and the Law, and they are properly the Doctors... These Mulas are also in Persia like Clerks or Notaries; they make the deeds of conveyances..and other deeds. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5306/2 The Ambassador's Moula, or Doctor of the Mahometan Law. 1767 W. J. Mickle Concubine i. ii Melodious Mulla! when, full oft whyleare, Thy gliding Murmurs soothd the gentle Brest Of hapless Spenser. 1849 M. Arnold Strayed Reveller, & Other Poems 37 A certain Moollah, with his robe All rent. 1865 Q. Jrnl. Sci. 2 97 He settled..at Constantinople, studying as a Mollah or Divinity Student in the colleges there. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 219 This must be the place the preaching moola meant when he spoke of the garden of Paradise. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 9/1 The mullahs gave Yusef a ‘fetva’ authorizing him to remove them in the interests of religion. 1955 Times 22 June 11/4 The fanaticism of the Mullahs is so much less effective at present, that the trouble may be dealt with on purely economic lines. 1992 M. Bishop Count Geiger's Blues xxxi. 157 Living with this lady was an unlikely goal, marriage as inconceivable as persuading a mullah to take communion. 2. In extended use. Frequently derogatory. ΚΠ 1909 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 3/3 We are baffled by the Mullahs of valuation. 1984 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 Nov. 8/2 An ayatollah among the nuclear warfare mullahs, he had written extensively about nuclear policy at a high level of abstraction. 1991 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Sept. 142/3 The Christian-fundamentalist mullahs who turned green over Andres Serrano's Piss Christ will be frothing for a fatwa when the novel comes out. 2002 Daily Tel. 24 July 2 Mr. Davis is one of the Tories' traditionalist mullahs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613
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