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English
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā).
The Indian slang usage of the term for any Muslim person was derived from a stereotype, especially towards Muslims who look stereotypical (beard, robes, and skullcap).
Noun
maulana (plural maulanas)
- (Islam) A religious scholar, especially in Central and South Asia.
1981, V. S. Naipaul, Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey, page 168:At the end of his long and cantankerous life the maulana had gone against all his high principles. He had gone to a Boston hospital to look for health; he had at the very end entrusted himself to the skill and science of the civilization he had tried to shield his followers from.
- (India, Islam, Internet slang, religious slur) A Muslim person in general, especially an extreme conservative.
See also
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā, “our lord”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
maulana
- (Islam) A title, equivalent to "lord", most often used to refer to God
- Synonyms: mola, Mungu