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Maulana

/ mɔːˈlɑːnɑː /

noun

  1. (in Pakistan, India, etc) a title used for a scholar of Persian and Arabic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Maulana1

Urdu, from Arabic mawlānā
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Example Sentences

Her road out of the village was not through a state-run school, but Rahmani30, a free coaching school for underprivileged Muslim students set up by Maulana Wali Rahmani, a Muslim former politician and academician, in 2008.

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No one does Ramadan better than the people of Karachi, at least according to Maulana Tanveer Ul Haq Thanvi, an Islamic scholar in the city in southern Pakistan.

"Peace treaties were hammered out in the balcony. And M Maulana Azad... reportedly told the Shah of Iran that while in India he must make two visits - to the Taj Mahal and Moti Mahal," The New York Times wrote of Moti Mahal in 1984.

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Who knows Kwanzaa better than its creator, Maulana Karenga?

Another religious party, Jamiat Ulema Islam, held a massive rally in the southwestern city of Quetta, where its leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman expressed solidarity and support for Gazans.

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