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noun, masculine

ouléma

/u.le.ma/

noun, masculine/u.le.ma/plural: oulémas

a Muslim scholar

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish علما (ʿulemâ), from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ, plural of عَالِم (ʕālim)).

ouléma — French Dictionary | Passage