Maulana
/ (mɔːˈlɑːnɑː) /
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noun
(in Pakistan, India, etc) a title used for a scholar of Persian and Arabic
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Word Origin for Maulana
Urdu, from Arabic mawlānā
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How to use Maulana in a sentence
But Maulana Hasrat Mohani by his sheer earnestness bore me down.
The Wheel of Fortune|Mahatma Gandhi