The story
- Arabic · derived fromمَوْلَوِيّ“of a lord or master”
- Classical Persian · derived fromمولوی
- Persian · derived fromمولویه
- English todayMevlevi
From Persian مولویه, Classical Persian مولوی (mawlawī), noun use of Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, “of a lord or master”), ultimately from مَوْلًى (mawlan, “master”). Compare maulvi, mullah, maulana.
Words from the same roots
Classical Persianمولوی all →
maulvi
Arabicمَوْلَوِيّ all →
maulviMaulvibazar District
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.