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maulanas

maulanas is the plural of maulana.

Meaning of maulana

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.

Questions about maulanas

What is maulanas the plural of?
Maulanas is the plural of maulana.

Words near maulanas in the dictionary

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

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