oelama
التعريفات والمعاني
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /u.laː.maː/
Hyphenation: oe‧la‧ma
=== Noun ===
oelama (plural)
(Islam) ulema
(plural only) Islamic religious specialists
(collective) the community of Islamic experts
==== Usage notes ====
A nonstandard (double) plural oelama's is sometimes found in the meaning “religious experts”.