maulvi

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An imam; a Muslim doctor of law.
  2. Any man of learning; a scholar, a teacher of Classical languages. South-Asia,broadly
    — He had a maulvi and a pandit to teach him Urdu and Hindi.

词形变化

maulvis plural molvi alternative moulvi alternative mawlawi alternative

词源

From Urdu مولوی (maulvi), and its source, Classical Persian مولوی (mawlawī), noun use of Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, “of a lord or master”), ultimately from مَوْلًى (mawlan, “master”). Compare Mevlevi, mullah, maulana.
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