molla

molla (plural mollas)

1. Archaic form of mullah.

• Mallo, molal, ollam

molla f

1. inflection of mollë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

From Persian ملا (mollâ), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan, “vicar, guardian”).

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• Hyphenation: mol‧la

molla (definite accusative mollanı, plural mollalar)

1. (Islam) mullah

• “molla” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Inherited from Old Catalan molla (note the older form meolla),^[1] from Latin medulla. Doublet of moll.

molla f (plural molles)

1. crumb (soft interior of bread)
2. crumb (small, broken-off piece of bread)
3. softer part of the flesh (of people or animals)

From moll (“soft, flexible”) +‎ -a.

molla f (plural molles)

1. spring (elastic object)

   Synonym: ressort

molla

1. feminine singular of moll

• “molla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan)

molla

1. (Islam) mullah

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “molla”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

molla

1. inflection of mollar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔlla
• Hyphenation: mòl‧la

From mollare.

molla f (plural molle)

1. spring (flexible mechanical device; the source of an action)
2. (in the plural) tongs

• molletta (“clothes peg”)
• mollone (“frizzen”)

• → Portuguese: mola

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

molla

1. inflection of mollare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• mallo

From Catalan molla (“kernel, crux”). Doublet of médula.

• Syllabification: mo‧lla

molla f (plural mollas)

1. the soft flesh of a fruit

• “molla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16