fatwa

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, formal legal opinion), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, to deliver a formal opinion). مُفْتٍ (muftin, mufti) is the active participle of the same verb.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfæ.twɑː/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfæt.wɑ/, /ˈfɑt.wɑ/

Noun[edit]

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.

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Verb[edit]

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.
    • 2000, Mary Anne Weaver, A Portrait of Egypt, page 141:
      Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.
    • 2002, South Asia Politics - Volume 1; Volume 4, page 30:
      One wonders why these terrorists are not fatwaed.
    • 2013 April 15, Katie Van Syckle, “Q&A: Salman Rushdie Talks 'Midnight's Children,' Other Projects”, in Rolling Stone:
      'I'm just beginning one,' says famously-fatwaed author of new novel.
    • 2015, Mohamed Gibril Sesay, This Side of Nothingness, page 186:
      He was fatwaed for linking facts and fiction in ways that the mullahs say they should not be linked.

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, formal legal opinion), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, to deliver a formal opinion).

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fatwa c

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

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French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, formal legal opinion), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, to deliver a formal opinion).

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fatwa f (plural fatwas)

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

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Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, formal legal opinion), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, to deliver a formal opinion). Doublet of petuah.

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fatwa (first-person possessive fatwaku, second-person possessive fatwamu, third-person possessive fatwanya)

  1. fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)
    Synonym: petuah
  2. (figurative) advice from elder or pious people

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Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, formal legal opinion), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, to deliver a formal opinion).

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Noun[edit]

fatwa f (invariable)

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

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Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, formal legal opinion), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, to deliver a formal opinion). Doublet of petua.

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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fatwa (Jawi spelling فتوى, plural fatwa-fatwa, informal 1st possessive fatwaku, 2nd possessive fatwamu, 3rd possessive fatwanya)

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

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Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā).

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Noun[edit]

fatwa f

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

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noun

Further reading[edit]

  • fatwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fatwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.tu.ɐ/ [ˈfa.tʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfa.twɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.tu.a/ [ˈfa.tʊ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfa.twa/

Noun[edit]

fatwa f (plural fatwas)

  1. Alternative form of fátua

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

fatwa f (plural fatwas)

  1. Alternative spelling of fatua