fatwa

See also Fatwa

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Arabic فتوى (fatwā), a formal legal opinion.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfætwɑː/, X-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.

   I think the fatwas on that website are totally unreliable.

Translations

legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti

• Arabic: فتوى (ar) (fatwā) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法特瓦 (cmn) (fǎtéwǎ)

• Czech: fatva (cs) f
• 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:

  Sorani: فه‌توا (ku)

• Malay: fatwa (ms), petua (ms)
• 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