mullah

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊ.lə/, /ˈmʌ.lə/
• Rhymes: -ʊlə

Derived from Classical Persian ملا (mullā), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan, “vicar, guardian”).

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mullah (plural mullahs)

1. (Islam) A religious scholar and teacher of sharia law.
2. (India, religious slur, slang) A conservative Muslim leader or cleric, especially one who is hostile against other religions.
3. (India, religious slur, slang, by extension) A Muslim.

mullah (third-person singular simple present mullahs, present participle mullahing, simple past and past participle mullahed)

1. (transitive, UK, slang) Alternative form of muller (“to beat, thrash”)
   • 2009, Nigel Benn, The Dark Destroyer:

     But I mullahed him. He may have been four inches taller but I punched him through the ropes and knocked the granny and the grandad out of him.

   • 2016, Ben Cohen, Carry Me Home: My Autobiography, page 76:

     The Sevens practice session was touch rugby, but every time Harvey got the ball, I absolutely mullahed him. I pushed him, dumped him on his arse, ran through him. Every time.

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< Arabic مُلَّا (mullā)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulːɑh/, [ˈmulːɑ̝h]
• Rhymes: -ulːɑh
• Hyphenation^(key): mul‧lah

mullah

1. mullah (islamic scholar)

• “mullah”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

mullah m (plural mullahs)

1. Alternative spelling of mollah