मौला

Hindi

Etymology

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Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan)bor.

Classical Persian مَوْلَا (mawlā)bor.

Hindi मौला (maulā)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَوْلَا (mawlā, “Lord”), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan). Doublet of मुल्ला (mullā).

Cognate with Bengali মওলা (moōla).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɔː.lɑː/, [mɔː.läː]

Noun

मौला • (maulā) m (Urdu spelling مولا)

1. lord, God; the Lord

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान

Declension

Declension of मौला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मौला maulā	मौले maule
oblique	मौले maule	मौलों maulõ
vocative	मौले maule	मौलो maulo

Derived terms

• मस्त-मौला (mast-maulā)
• मौलाना (maulānā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मौला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 839