fatwa

See also Fatwa

English

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Etymology

Arabic فتوى (fatwā), a formal legal opinion.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfætwɑː/, SAMPA: /"f{twA:/

Noun

fatwa (plural fatwas or fatawa)

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

Translations

legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti

Arabic: فتوى (ar) (fatwaa) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 法特瓦 (cmn) (fǎtéwǎ) Dutch: fatwa (nl) m. Finnish: fatwa (fi) French: fatwa (fr) f. German: Fatwa (de) f. Hebrew: פתווה (he) Hungarian: fetva (hu)

Japanese: ファトワー (ja) (fatowā) Kurdish: فه‌توا (ku) Persian: فتوا (fa) Polish: fatwa (pl) f. Portuguese: fatwa (pt) f. Russian: фетва (ru) (fétva, fetvá) f., фатва (ru) (fátva, fatvá) f. Spanish: fetua (es) f., fatua (es) f. Swedish: fatwa (sv) c. Turkish: fetva (tr)

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.

Alternative forms

• fatwah

Anagrams

• tawaf

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French

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Noun

fatwa f. (plural fatwas)

1. fatwa

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Noun

fatwa f.

1. fatwa

Declension

    declension of fatwa

	singular	plural
nominative	fatwa	fatwy
genitive	fatwy	fatw
dative	fatwie	fatwom
accusative	fatwę	fatwy
instrumental	fatwą	fatwami
locative	fatwie	fatwach
vocative	fatwo	fatwy