different between fatwa vs fatha

English

Alternative forms

• fatwah, fetwa
• fetwah (archaic)

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (fatw?, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”). ??????? (muftin, “mufti”) is the active participle of the same verb.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fatw??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fætw?/, /?f?tw?/

Noun

fatwa (plural fatwas or fatawa)

1. (Islam) A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer.

Translations

Verb

fatwa (third-person singular simple present fatwas, present participle fatwaing, simple past and past participle fatwaed)

1. (rare, transitive) To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.

Anagrams

• tawaf

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (fatw?, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fæd??a]

Noun

fatwa c

1. (Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)

Declension

Related terms

• mufti

French

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (fatw?, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.twa/
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

fatwa f (plural fatwas)

1. (Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)

Related terms

• mufti

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (fatw?, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa.twa/

Noun

fatwa f (invariable)

1. (Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)

Related terms

• muftì

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (fatw?, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fat.wa/

Noun

fatwa (Jawi spelling ?????, plural fatwa-fatwa, informal 1st possessive fatwaku, impolite 2nd possessive fatwamu, 3rd possessive fatwanya)

1. (Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)

Related terms

• memfatwakan
• mufti

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (fatw?, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa.tfa/

Noun

fatwa f

1. (Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)

Declension

Related terms

• mufti

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fátua (rare)

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (fatw?, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of ???????? (?aft?, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?fa.tw?/, /?fa.tu.?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?fa.tw?/

Noun

fatwa f (plural fatwas)

1. (Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)

Related terms

• mufti

Spanish

Noun

fatwa f (plural fatwas)

1. Alternative spelling of fatua

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ???????? (fat?a, “an opening”), instance noun of the verb ??????? (fata?a, “to open”). Refers to the mouth position when pronuncing the /a/ vowel.

Alternative forms

• fat?a, fatHa

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??t.h?/

Noun

fatha (plural fathas)

1. In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter (????) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ?? (??????? (?alif)) or ?? (?????? ??????????? (?alif maq??ra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ? /a?/.
2. The vowel designated by this mark.

Translations

See also

• Arabic diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kasra
• damma (?amma)
• sukun (suk?n)
• shadda (šadda)
• tashkil, tašk?l

Etymology 2

Alteration of father.

Pronunciation

• (Geordie) IPA^(key): /fæðæ/

Noun

fatha (plural fathas)

1. (Tyneside) father

Anagrams

• AFTAH, Fatah, aftah, hafta

French

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (fat?a, “an opening”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ta/

Noun

fatha m or f (plural fathas)

1. fatha

Welsh

Etymology

From yr (“the”) +? un (“one”) +? fath (“kind”) +? â (“as”)

Preposition

fatha

1. (North Wales, colloquial) like

   Synonym: fel

Adverb

fatha

1. (North Wales, colloquial) kind of