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mutawallis

mutawallis is the plural of mutawalli.

Meaning of mutawalli

Noun

mutawalli (plural mutawallis)

  1. Person entrusted with a waqf.
    • ‘After becoming the mutawalli, does he do the namaz properly five times a day? Has he stopped going to the cinema? Fine, let all that be. Has he at least stopped drinking the devil’s piss? May his mutawalli position burn in hell.’2025, Banu Mushtaq, “Black Cobras”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 45

Questions about mutawallis

What is mutawallis the plural of?
Mutawallis is the plural of mutawalli.

Words near mutawallis in the dictionary

  1. mutatoxanthin
  2. mutawa
  3. Mutawali
  4. Mutawalis
  5. mutawalli
  6. mutawallis
  7. mutawatir
  8. mutaween
  9. Mutawintji
  10. mutawwa
  11. Mutawālī

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