"maulvi" meaning in English

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        "3": "مَوْلَوِيّ",
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        "5": "of a lord or master"
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        "2": "مَوْلًى",
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  "etymology_text": "From Urdu مولوی (maulvi), and its source, Classical Persian مولوی (mawlawī), noun use of Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, “of a lord or master”), ultimately from مَوْلًى (mawlan, “master”). Compare mullah, maulana.",
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        "An imam; a Muslim doctor of law."
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          "ref": "2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 10",
          "text": "He had a maulvi and a pandit to teach him Urdu and Hindi.",
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        "Any man of learning; a scholar, a teacher of Classical languages."
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        "(loosely, chiefly South Asia) Any man of learning; a scholar, a teacher of Classical languages."
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    "English terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي",
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