Maulana
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Maulana
Urdu, from Arabic mawlānā
Example Sentences
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Maulana Hamid ul-Haq, a prominent cleric and the influential head of the school, is among the dead.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025
"The crowd became uncontrollable," he told BBC Hindi while waiting outside the mortuary at Delhi's Maulana Azad Medical College.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025
No one does Ramadan better than the people of Karachi, at least according to Maulana Tanveer Ul Haq Thanvi, an Islamic scholar in the city in southern Pakistan.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024
Who knows Kwanzaa better than its creator, Maulana Karenga?
From National Geographic • Dec. 20, 2023
The voice on the radio belonged to Maulana Fazlullah, one of the leaders of the TNSM.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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