مفتی

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Noun

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مفتی (müftî)

  1. (Islam) mufti

Descendants

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  • Turkish: müftü
  • Macedonian: муфтија (muftija)

References

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Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? muftī
Dari reading? muftī
Iranian reading? mofti
Tajik reading? mufti

Etymology 1

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From مفت (moft, free) +‎ ـی (-i).

Adjective

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مفتی (mofti)

  1. free, gratis, free of charge
    Synonyms: مفت (moft), رایگان (râyegân)

Etymology 2

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Dari مفتی
Iranian Persian
Tajik муфтӣ

Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Noun

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مُفْتی (mofti)

  1. (Islam) mufti
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 424”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[2]:
      منعم مکن ز عشق وی ای مفتی زمان
      معذور دارمت که تو او را ندیده‌ای
      man'-am ma-kon zi išq-i way ay muftī-yi zamān
      ma'zūr dār-am-at ki tu ō rā na-dīda'ī
      Do not prohibit me from loving him/her, o mufti of the age!
      Grant me pardon, since you have not seen him/her.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مُفْتی (muftī), from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مُفْتی (muftīm (Hindi spelling मुफ़्ती)

  1. (Islam) mufti