mutawalli

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noun

Person entrusted with a waqf.

OriginArabic مُتَوَلِّي →
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Meanings

nounmutawalli (plural mutawallis)

plural mutawallis · alternative mutawallī

  1. Person entrusted with a waqf.

    ‘After becoming the mutawalli, does he do the namaz properly five times a day? Has he stopped going to the cinema? Fine, let all that be. Has he at least stopped drinking the devil’s piss? May his mutawalli position burn in hell.’

    2025, Banu Mushtaq, “Black Cobras”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 45

Origin

  1. Arabicمُتَوَلِّي
  2. Englishmutawalli

Derived from Arabic مُتَوَلِّي (mutawallī), from the informal pronunciation of مُتَوَلٍّ (mutawallin).

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APA

mutawalli. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutawalli

MLA

“mutawalli.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutawalli. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mutawalli,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutawalli.

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