| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | u·le·ma |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    l -mä |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or u·la·ma |
| PLURAL NOUN: | Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Turkish 'ulem , from Arabic ‘ulam’, wise men, pl. of ‘lim, wise, learned, active participle of ‘alima, to know. See clm in Appendix II.
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