different between faqih vs mufti

English

Alternative forms

• fqih

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (faq?h).

Noun

faqih (plural faqihs or fuqaha')

1. (Islam) An expert in Islamic law.
   • 1997: Jamal S. Suwaidi, Iran and the Gulf: A Search for Stability, page 35 (I.B.Tauris Publishers; ?ISBN

Indonesian

Noun

faqih (plural faqih-faqih, first-person possessive faqihku, second-person possessive faqihmu, third-person possessive faqihnya)

1. (Islam, law, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of fakih (“faqih”)

English

Alternative forms

• muftee (archaic)

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic ???????? (muft?, “fatwa-deliverer”, literally “deliverer of formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?fti/, (only in sense 1) /?m?fti/

Noun

mufti (countable and uncountable, plural muftis)

1. (countable, Islam) A Muslim scholar and interpreter of shari’a law, who can deliver a fatwa.
2. (uncountable, Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform.

   Synonym: civvies

Derived terms

• mufti day

Translations

French

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (muftin), the active participle of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myf.ti/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

mufti m (plural muftis)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

Related terms

• fatwa

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (müftî), from Arabic ???????? (muft?), from ??????? (muftin), the active participle of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mufti]
• Hyphenation: muf?ti
• Rhymes: -ti

Noun

mufti (plural muftik)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

Declension

Derived terms

• f?mufti

Related terms

• fetva

Italian

Noun

mufti m (invariable)

1. Rare form of muftì.

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

mufti (Jawi spelling ?????, plural mufti-mufti, informal 1st possessive muftiku, impolite 2nd possessive muftimu, 3rd possessive muftinya)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

Further reading

• “mufti” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (muftin), the active participle of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?muf.ti/

Noun

mufti m pers

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

Declension

Related terms

• fatwa

Further reading

• mufti in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (muftin), the active participle of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muf?t??i/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muf?ti/

Noun

mufti m (plural muftis)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

Uzbek

Noun

mufti (plural muftilar)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)