🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 30512 COCA: 20531
BNC: 30512 COCA: 20531

mullah

noun

mul·​lah ˈmə-lə How to pronounce mullah (audio) ˈmu̇- How to pronounce mullah (audio)
: an educated Muslim trained in religious law and doctrine and usually holding an official post
mullahism noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web As of this month, the country’s electric utility company, which hasn’t paid its foreign power suppliers or collected much revenue at home since Aug. 15, is headed by a mullah. Saeed Shah, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021 Once the mullah fell to the ground, another person shot him four times in the chest. WSJ, 26 Sep. 2021 After receiving permission from the local mullah, or Islamic religious leader, the soldiers filled several Conex boxes with food, toys, candy and other presents and delivered them to the villagers. The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2021 The mullah crouched beside him and read a prayer, asking for God to show mercy on his soul. New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021 The mullah, his feet in shiny leather loafers, hopped out of the vehicle, climbed onto the cargo bed and affixed the flag to the antenna. Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021 Some children attend a madrasa, or Islamic school, run by a mullah at a tiny mosque in a nearby settlement. New York Times, 27 Dec. 2020 This argument will probably permeate Israeli decision-making as long as Iran is ruled by mullahs and the Revolutionary Guards. Steven Simon, The New York Review of Books, 16 Jan. 2020 In 2004, Lautenberg was extended to Iran — and not just the Jews and Christians in the country but also the Baha'is, a religious sect that is considered heretical by Iran's mullahs. Shikha Dalmia, TheWeek, 7 Feb. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Turkish molla & Persian & Urdu mulla, from Arabic mawlā

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mullah was in 1613
BNC: 30512 COCA: 20531

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime