Mawlānā

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Mawlānā is an honorific title most famously associated with the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Mawlana 3
Maulana 1
Mawlānā canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic honorific
honorific title
alsoKnownAs Mevlana (Turkish form) NERFINISHED
appliedTo Islamic scholars
Sufi mystics
jurists
preachers
religious teachers
associatedRegion Anatolia NERFINISHED
Persia NERFINISHED
associatedReligion Islam NERFINISHED
associatedTradition Sufism NERFINISHED
associatedWith Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī NERFINISHED
connotation religious authority
respect
spiritual leadership
culturalRole marker of scholarly status
marker of spiritual authority
derivedFrom Arabic word "mawlā"
epithetOf Rūmī NERFINISHED
etymologicalComponent "mawlā" meaning "master" or "protector"
"nā" meaning "our" in Arabic possessive form
famousBearer Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī NERFINISHED
fieldOfUse Islamic law
Sufi orders NERFINISHED
religion
theology
genderUsage primarily used for men
grammaticalForm Arabic first person plural possessive construction
languageOfOrigin Arabic
literalMeaning our lord
our master
notableUsage title for Rūmī in Ottoman and Turkish tradition
relatedTerm Maulana
Mawlawi NERFINISHED
Mevlânâ NERFINISHED
script Arabic script
Persian script
Urdu script
timeOfOrigin medieval Islamic period
usedFor addressing respected religious figures
honoring learned persons in Islamic sciences
usedIn Islamic culture
Persian-speaking regions
South Asian Muslim communities

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jalāl al-Dīn alsoKnownAs Mawlānā
Jalāl al-Dīn alsoKnownAs Mowlānā
linked to: Mawlānā
Molana alsoKnownAs Mawlana
linked to: Mawlānā
Molana alsoKnownAs Mevlana
linked to: Mawlānā
Molana transliterationVariantOf Mawlana
linked to: Mawlānā
Molana orthographicVariant Mowlana
linked to: Mawlānā
Allama similarTitle Mawlana
linked to: Mawlānā
Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi honorificPrefix Maulana
subject linked to: Fazl
linked to: Mawlānā