мулла

Bashkir

Etymology

From Arabic مُلَّا (mullā) / Classical Persian ملا (mullā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moˈɫːɑ]
  • Hyphenation: мул‧ла

Noun

мулла • (mulla)

  1. mullah, an Islamic cleric in a local religious community

Declension

Declension of мулла
singular plural
absolute мулла (mulla) муллалар (mullalar)
definite genitive мулланың (mullanıñ) муллаларҙың (mullalarźıñ)
dative муллаға (mullağa) муллаларға (mullalarğa)
definite accusative мулланы (mullanı) муллаларҙы (mullalarźı)
locative муллала (mullala) муллаларҙа (mullalarźa)
ablative мулланан (mullanan) муллаларҙан (mullalarźan)

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Tatar мулла (mulla), from Arabic مولى. Attested since 17th century.

Replaced earlier (16th – 18th cc.) молла (molla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʊˈɫːa]

Noun

мулла́ • (mullám anim (genitive муллы́, nominative plural муллы́, genitive plural мулл)

  1. (Islam) mullah (a Muslim religious scholar and teacher)

Declension