sulla

• sullah

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸੁੱਲਾ (sullā, “Muslim (derogatory)”). This word is likely a mispronunciation (or perhaps a misspelling in Gurmukhi script) of Punjabi ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā, “mullah, Islamic religious leader”), derived from Classical Persian ملا (mullā), ultimately from Arabic مُلَّا (mullā). It may also be a contraction of Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān, “Muslim”) or Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਾ (muslā, “"carpet kisser", another derogatory term for Muslims, but also refers to a mat or carpet used for Muslim prayers”).

sulla (plural sullas or sulleh)

1. (South Asia, religious slur, ethnic slur, offensive) A Muslim man; especially one from Pakistan.

• In the modern day, the term is most often used by Sikhs on social media. This usage is rooted in long-standing historical animosity between Sikhs and Muslims in South Asia.
• The term is used infrequently by Hindutva supremacists, as it is not native to Hindi.

• mulla (rare)
• musalla (very rare)

• sulli, mulli, musalli (equivalent term for Muslim women)
• sikhra, sikhrey (from sikra, sikrey, lit. lice-ridden one(s); an anti-Sikh slur used by Pakistanis, particularly Mirpuris, in reference to Sikhs' long unshaven hair)

• allus, Aulls

Contracted from the standard form sinulla.

sulla

1. (colloquial) adessive singular of sä

From Old Norse sulla (“to swill”), perhaps from Old Norse sollr, *sullr (“swill, slop for pigs”), from Proto-Germanic *swulaz (“swill”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow”). Cognate with English swill. Compare also Old Norse svalla (“to drink heavily, swill”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʏtla/
• Rhymes: -ʏtla

sulla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sullaði, supine sullað)

1. to splash around, to splash about

   Ég vil sulla í pollinum!

   I wanna go splashing about in the puddle!

   Þetta er mynd af Önnu að sulla.

   This is a picture of Anna splashing.

2. to spill

   Ég sullaði mjólkinni.

   I spilled the milk.

• The verb sulla and sulla saman (“to mix together”) denote a hint of apathy, carelessness or casualness of the doer's actions.
• This verb may be found childish.
• In the sense of "spilling" the preposition á (“on”) may be added to give information as to where one spilled something:

  Ég sullaði mjólk á gólfið.

  I spilled milk on the floor.

• sulla á (“to spill on”)
• sulla saman (“to mix something”)

• sull

sulla

1. contraction of su la; on the

• IPA^(key): /ˈsul.la/
• Rhymes: -ulla

sulla f (plural silel)

1. alternative form of silla: French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

From Proto-Samic *sulë.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsulla/

sulla

1. approximation, resemblance (of something)
2. estimate

• sullii

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Proto-Finnic *suladak.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑː/, [ˈsuɫːɑ]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑː/, [ˈsuɫːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulɑː
• Hyphenation: sul‧la

sulla

1. (intransitive) to melt, thaw
2. (intransitive) to dissolve

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “sulaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn