मौला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْلَى (mawlā), via Classical Persian (mawlā, “Lord”). Cognate with Bengali মওলা (moōla)

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɔː.lɑː/, [mɔː.läː]

Noun

मौला • (maulā) m (Urdu spelling مولا)

lord, God; the Lord
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान

Declension

Declension of मौला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मौला maulā	मौले maule
oblique	मौले maule	मौलों maulõ
vocative	मौले maule	मौलो maulo

Derived terms

मस्त-मौला (mast-maulā)
मौलाना (maulānā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मौला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 839

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