petua
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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 fatwa.
Noun
[edit]petua (Jawi spelling ڤتوا, plural petua-petua, informal 1st possessive petuaku, 2nd possessive petuamu, 3rd possessive petuanya)
Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: petuah
Further reading
[edit]- “petua” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.