mollah

[ maw-luh ]

/ ˈmɔ lə /

mullah.

Words nearby mollah

He instructed a mollah to call people to prayer from the pulpit.

The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay |Lord Eversley
The mollah looked at me, and I at him; and, perhaps, two bearded men never looked more like raw fools than we did at that moment.

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan |James Morier
Some saluted me, others only asked, "Whose guest art thou, Mollah?"

Sketches of Central Asia (1868) |Arminius Vmbry
To keep a Mollah or an Akhond is besides more fashionable, for it points out the affluent condition of a party.

Sketches of Central Asia (1868) |Arminius Vmbry

Mollah Ishak forms, in another point of view, one of the most interesting of my episodes.

Travels in Central Asia |Arminius Vmbry

mollah

/ (ˈmɔːlə) /

an older spelling of mullah