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maulvis

maulvis is the plural of maulvi.

Meaning of maulvi

Noun

maulvi (plural maulvis)

  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.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 10

Questions about maulvis

What is maulvis the plural of?
Maulvis is the plural of maulvi.

Words near maulvis in the dictionary

  1. Maultasch
  2. Maultsby
  3. Maultsbys
  4. maulvi
  5. Maulvibazar District
  6. maulvis
  7. maum
  8. mauma
  9. maumas
  10. Maumee
  11. maumet

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