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English
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. See also ullamaliztli.
Noun
ulama (uncountable)
- A (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ).
Noun
ulama pl (plural only)
- (Islam) Alternative form of ulema
2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 469:There he […] became disillusioned with much of the Islamic clerical establishment, and first expressed his contempt for what he called ‘religious secularists’, those foolish ulama who attempt to separate politics from religion.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Sinhalese .
Noun
ulama
- The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)
1849 June, The Dublin University Magazine, page 692:There is a bird in Ceylon, which the natives call ulama, or the demon bird, which utters most loud and ear-piercing screams, strongly resembling the shrieks of a human being in severe bodily agony.
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From ula- (“to howl”) + -ma.
Noun
ulamá (definite accusative ulamani, plural ulamalər)
- verbal noun of ulamaq (“to howl”)
- howl (protracted, mournful cry of an animal)
Verb
uláma
- second-person singular imperative negative of ulamaq
Etymology 2
From dialectal ula- (“joint, connect, to attach”) + -ma.
Noun
ulama (definite accusative ulamanı, plural ulamalar)
- (horticulture) graft (small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree) [nt. 1]
- Synonym: calaq
- (agriculture) plow beam (wooden structural element connecting the plow to the yoke) [nt. 2]
Usage notes
Declension
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ulama,
from Classical Malay ulama, from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), plural of عَالِم (ʕālim, “learned one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.la.ma/
- Hyphenation: ula‧ma
Noun
ulama
- (Islam) alim
Further reading
Spanish
Noun
ulama f (uncountable)
- a Mesoamerican game played with a rubber ball and racquet
Turkish
Etymology
From ulamak (“to attach”) + -ma
Pronunciation
Noun
ulama (definite accusative ulamayı, plural ulamalar)
- (linguistics) liaison