ulema

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ulema

/ˈʊləmə/
/ˈuːlɪmə/
/uːləˈmɑː/

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish علما (ulemâ), from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ, plural of عَالِم (ʕālim, “learned one”)). Doublet of ulama and olema.

noun ulama · ‘ulama’ · olema

plural plural of alim; the guardians of legal and religious tradition in Islam; clerics. In process of time, the whole monopoly of the ulema centred in a certain number of families; and their constant residence at the capital, to which they return at the expiration of their term of office, has maintained their power to the present day.

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@misc{ulema_2026,
  title = {ulema},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ulema},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}