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ulama en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. Doublet of ullamaliztli.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A modern ball game descended from tlachtli.

ulama en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ). Doublet of ulema and olema.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only) Alternative form of ulema.
   alt of ulema
   • There he […] became disillusioned with much of the Islamic clerical establishment, and first expressed his contempt for what he called ‘religious secularists’, those foolish ulama who attempt to separate politics from religion. 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 469:

ulama en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Borrowed from Sinhalese [Term?].

Meanings

1. The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)
   • There is a bird in Ceylon, which the natives call ulama, or the demon bird, which utters most loud and ear-piercing screams, strongly resembling the shrieks of a human being in severe bodily agony. 1849 June 14, The Dublin University Magazine, page 692: