ulama
A modern ball game descended from tlachtliA modern ball game descended from tlachtli.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A modern ball game descended from tlachtli.
The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)
More definitions
- the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community
Origin
Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. Doublet of ullamaliztli. Borrowed from SiUltimately from Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. Doublet of ullamaliztli.
Borrowed from Sinhalese [Term?].
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community:ulema
Lessons for this word
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