مولوی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maw.la.ˈwiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.lä.wiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäw.lä.wiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäw.lä.wi]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mow.læ.viː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.lä.vi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mawlawī
Dari reading^?	mawlawī
Iranian reading^?	mowlavi
Tajik reading^?	mavlavi

Adjective

مولوی • (mawlawī / mowlavi) (Tajik spelling мавлавӣ)

(law) judicial
belonging to God

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي (0 c, 10 e)

Descendants

→ Bengali: মৌলবী (mōulbi)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मौलवी (maulvī)
Urdu: مَولْوی (maulvī)
- → English: maulvi

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “مولوی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “مولوی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul