Moolvie

From LoveToKnow 1911

MOOLVIE (an Urdu variant of Arabic maulavi, a derivative of mullah, a man learned in the law), the name used in India of a man learned in Mahommedan law, and hence used generally of a teacher or as a complimentary title of one learned in any branch of knowledge.


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