مفت

Arabic

Root
ف ت ي (f-t-y)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muf.tin/

Noun

مُفْتٍ • (muftin) m (construct state مُفْتِي (muftī), plural مُفْتُون (muftūn), feminine مُفْتِيَة (muftiya))

1. (also Islam) deliverer of formal opinions; mufti

Declension

Declension of noun مُفْتٍ (muftin)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُفْتِي muftī	الْمُفْتِي al-muftī	مُفْتِي muftī	مُفْتِيَة muftiya	الْمُفْتِيَة al-muftiya	مُفْتِيَة muftiyat
Nominative	مُفْتٍ muftin	الْمُفْتِي al-muftī	مُفْتِي muftī	مُفْتِيَةٌ muftiyatun	الْمُفْتِيَةُ al-muftiyatu	مُفْتِيَةُ muftiyatu
Accusative	مُفْتِيًا muftiyan	الْمُفْتِيَ al-muftiya	مُفْتِيَ muftiya	مُفْتِيَةً muftiyatan	الْمُفْتِيَةَ al-muftiyata	مُفْتِيَةَ muftiyata
Genitive	مُفْتٍ muftin	الْمُفْتِي al-muftī	مُفْتِي muftī	مُفْتِيَةٍ muftiyatin	الْمُفْتِيَةِ al-muftiyati	مُفْتِيَةِ muftiyati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُفْتِيَيْن muftiyayn	الْمُفْتِيَيْن al-muftiyayn	مُفْتِيَيْ muftiyay	مُفْتِيَتَيْن muftiyatayn	الْمُفْتِيَتَيْن al-muftiyatayn	مُفْتِيَتَيْ muftiyatay
Nominative	مُفْتِيَانِ muftiyāni	الْمُفْتِيَانِ al-muftiyāni	مُفْتِيَا muftiyā	مُفْتِيَتَانِ muftiyatāni	الْمُفْتِيَتَانِ al-muftiyatāni	مُفْتِيَتَا muftiyatā
Accusative	مُفْتِيَيْنِ muftiyayni	الْمُفْتِيَيْنِ al-muftiyayni	مُفْتِيَيْ muftiyay	مُفْتِيَتَيْنِ muftiyatayni	الْمُفْتِيَتَيْنِ al-muftiyatayni	مُفْتِيَتَيْ muftiyatay
Genitive	مُفْتِيَيْنِ muftiyayni	الْمُفْتِيَيْنِ al-muftiyayni	مُفْتِيَيْ muftiyay	مُفْتِيَتَيْنِ muftiyatayni	الْمُفْتِيَتَيْنِ al-muftiyatayni	مُفْتِيَتَيْ muftiyatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُفْتِين muftīn	الْمُفْتِين al-muftīn	مُفْتِي muftī	مُفْتِيَات muftiyāt	الْمُفْتِيَات al-muftiyāt	مُفْتِيَات muftiyāt
Nominative	مُفْتُونَ muftūna	الْمُفْتُونَ al-muftūna	مُفْتُو muftū	مُفْتِيَاتٌ muftiyātun	الْمُفْتِيَاتُ al-muftiyātu	مُفْتِيَاتُ muftiyātu
Accusative	مُفْتِينَ muftīna	الْمُفْتِينَ al-muftīna	مُفْتِي muftī	مُفْتِيَاتٍ muftiyātin	الْمُفْتِيَاتِ al-muftiyāti	مُفْتِيَاتِ muftiyāti
Genitive	مُفْتِينَ muftīna	الْمُفْتِينَ al-muftīna	مُفْتِي muftī	مُفْتِيَاتٍ muftiyātin	الْمُفْتِيَاتِ al-muftiyāti	مُفْتِيَاتِ muftiyāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مفتی
  • → Turkish: müftü
• → Persian: مفتی
  • → Urdu: مفتی

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muktás, from Proto-Indo-European *muk-tó-s (“released, discharged”), from *(s)mewk- (“to free, escape”). Compare Sanskrit मुक्त (mukta) or मोक्ष् (mokṣ).

Adjective

مفت • (moft)

1. free, gratis
2. very cheap
3. (offensive) gibberish
   1. example: حرف مفت (harf-e moft)

Synonyms

• مجانی (majjâni)
• رایگان (râygân)
• ارزان (arzân)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müftə
• → Bengali: মুফত (muphot)
• → Gujarati: મફત (maphat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुफ़्त (muft)

  Urdu: مفت (muft)

• → Marathi: मोफत (mophat)
• Ottoman Turkish: مفت (müft)
  • Turkish: müft
  • → Bulgarian: муфта (mufta)
  • → Romanian: moft
  • → Serbo-Croatian: mȕktē / му̏кте̄
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਫ਼ਤ (mufat)

  Shahmukhi script: مُفت (muft)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مفت (muft).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊft̪/

Adjective

مفت • (muft) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुफ़्त)

1. free of charge