sulli

English

Etymology

From Punjabi ਸੁੱਲੀ (sullī) and then Punjabi ਸੁੱਲ (sulla), a mispronunciation of Punjabi ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā, “mullah, Islamic religious leader”), derived from Persian ‎ (mollâ), from Arabic مُلَّا‎ (mullā)

Noun

sulli (plural sullis)

(Islam, ethnic slang) a Muslim female
(Islam, slang) a slang term used for Muslim females

Usage notes

The words sulli, mulli, and musalli are slangs used by trolls in Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to refer to Muslim females. The term "sulli" became widely known after the expose of 'Sulli Deals', an app and website that had taken publicly available pictures and private information of around 83 Muslim females from the internet and created their profiles to auction them. However, there was no real sale of any kind.[1][2][3][4][5]

Related terms

sulla, mulla, musalla (a Muslim man)

References

2021 July 18, “How dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves ‘for sale’ online”, in The Independent‎, retrieved 2021-07-20:
2021 July 5, Mythreyee Ramesh, “'Sulli Deals': How Photos of Muslim Women Were Misused On a GitHub App”, in TheQuint‎, retrieved 2021-07-20:
2021 July 10, “‘It sends chills down my spine’: trolls sell Indian Muslim women at ‘auction’”, in South China Morning Post‎, retrieved 2021-07-20:
2021 July 20 (last accessed), Asmita Bakshi, “‘We won’t shut up’: Muslim women put up ‘for auction’ in India”, in www.aljazeera.com‎:
2021 July 5, “Open-source website targets Muslim women, uses their pics and names for ‘deal’”, in The News Minute‎, retrieved 2021-07-20:

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[1] 2021 July 18, “How dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves ‘for sale’ online”, in The Independent‎, retrieved 2021-07-20:

[2] 2021 July 5, Mythreyee Ramesh, “'Sulli Deals': How Photos of Muslim Women Were Misused On a GitHub App”, in TheQuint‎, retrieved 2021-07-20:

[3] 2021 July 10, “‘It sends chills down my spine’: trolls sell Indian Muslim women at ‘auction’”, in South China Morning Post‎, retrieved 2021-07-20:

[4] 2021 July 20 (last accessed), Asmita Bakshi, “‘We won’t shut up’: Muslim women put up ‘for auction’ in India”, in www.aljazeera.com‎:

[5] 2021 July 5, “Open-source website targets Muslim women, uses their pics and names for ‘deal’”, in The News Minute‎, retrieved 2021-07-20: