MULLA

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• MULLA (noun)
  The noun MULLA has 1 sense:

1. a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque

  Familiarity information: MULLA used as a noun is very rare.

• MULLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mollah; Mulla; Mullah

Hypernyms ("Mulla" is a kind of...):

Moslem; Muslim (a believer in or follower of Islam)

Holonyms ("Mulla" is a member of...):

ulama; ulema (the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community)