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maulana

/ˈmaʊlənə/

maulana noun: a religious scholar, especially in Central and South Asia.

Noun

maulana (plural maulanas)

  1. A religious scholar, especially in Central and South Asia.
    • At the end of his long and cantankerous life the maulana had gone against all his high principles. He had gone to a Boston hospital to look for health; he had at the very end entrusted himself to the skill and science of the civilization he had tried to shield his followers from.1981, V. S. Naipaul, Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey, page 168
  2. (India, Internet, slur) A Muslim person in general, especially an extreme conservative.

maulana meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Telugu

maulana in Hindi

a maulana
मौलाना maulānā

maulana in Bengali

maulana
মওলানা moōlana

maulana in Telugu

maulana
మౌలానా maulānā

Forms of maulana

pluralmaulanas

Origin of maulana

Borrowed from Hindustani मौलाना (maulānā) / مَولَانَا (maulānā), from Classical Persian مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā), ultimately from Arabic مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā, “our lord”). The Indian slang usage of the term for any Muslim person was derived from a stereotype, especially towards Muslims who look stereotypical (beard, robes, and skullcap).

Questions about maulana

What does maulana mean?
Maulana means a religious scholar, especially in Central and South Asia.
What is maulana in Hindi?
Maulana in Hindi is मौलाना (maulānā). See Maulana meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is maulana?
Maulana is a noun.
How do you pronounce maulana?
Maulana is pronounced /ˈmaʊlənə/.
What is the plural of maulana?
The plural of maulana is maulanas.

Words near maulana in the dictionary

  1. maukish
  2. Mauks
  3. maul
  4. maul oak
  5. maul oaks
  6. maulana
  7. maulanas
  8. Maulawiyah
  9. Maulden
  10. Mauldens
  11. Mauldin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: maulana (page history and authors); मौलाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); মওলানা (Bengali) (page history and authors); మౌలానా (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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