mullah
noun
(in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
mulla,
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a variation of
mullah.
Example Sentences
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The terrain past Middleton erupted into small mesas of red earth and patches of pink mulla mulla flowers, then flattened out again as we neared Boulia — the last stop before the bitumen ends.
From Washington Post
The same thing has been happening every day since, and the only medicine given to the poor little chap has been some water swilled round a cup inside which the mulla has scribbled a text.
From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by A. F. Mockler Ferryman
The sheik and his mulla followed, and behind rode an escort of some twenty horsemen.
From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by A. F. Mockler Ferryman
Yet, brave man as he was, he dared not to make the attempt, and shortly before midnight the mulla came in, to declare what the Koran decreed.
From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by A. F. Mockler Ferryman
It is frequent in the woods of Jaffna and Manaar, where it bears the Tamil name of Aani mulla, or "elephant thorn."
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent
