মৌলবী

Bengali

Alternative forms

• মওলবী (moōlbi), মওলবি (moōlbi), মৌলবি (mōulbi), মৌলভি (mōulbhi), মৌলভী (mōulbhi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مولوی (mawlawī), nominalized from Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, “of the lord”), from مَوْلَى (mawlā, “lord”). The last two alternative forms come via Hindustani مولوی (molvī) / मौलवी (maulvī).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mou̯lobi/, [ˈmou̯lobiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mou̯lobi/, [ˈmou̯lobiˑ]

Noun

মৌলবী • (mōulbi) (Islam)

1. maulvi (a title applied to revered Islamic scholars, teachers and leaders)

Derived terms

• মৌলভীবাজার (mōulbhibajar, “Moulvibazar”)

Related terms

• আউলিয়া (auliẏa)
• ওলি (ōli)
• বিলাত (bilat)
• মওলা (moōla)
• মওলানা (moōlana)
• মোল্লা (mōlla)