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moulvi (iou)



moulvi noun. , moolvi, moolvie. E17.
[Urdu maulvi from Arab. mawlawi judicial (used as noun), from mawla MULLAH.]
A Muslim doctor of the law, an imam; gen. (esp. in the Indian subcontinent, used as a form of address to) a learned person or teacher.