fatwa

• fatwah, fetwa
• fetwah, futwa, futwah (archaic)

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfæ.twɑː/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfæt.wɑ/, /ˈfɑt.wɑ/

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.

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.

• “fatwa”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “fatwa, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “fatwa”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “fatwa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “fatwa” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

• tawaf

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈfæd̥ʋa]

fatwa c

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

• mufti

Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑtwɑ/, [ˈfɑ̝t̪wɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑtʋɑ/, [ˈfɑ̝t̪ʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtwɑ
• Syllabification^(key): fat‧wa

fatwa

1. (Islam) fatwa

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

• IPA^(key): /fa.twa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -a

fatwa f (plural fatwas)

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

• mufti

• petuah

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfat.wa/

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

• berfatwa
• memfatwakan
• mufti

• “fatwa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.twa/
• Rhymes: -atwa

fatwa f (invariable)

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

• muftì

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfat.wa/

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)

• memfatwakan
• mufti

• “fatwa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfat.fa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atfa
• Syllabification: fat‧wa

fatwa f

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

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

fatwa f (plural fatwas)

1. Alternative form of fátua

fatwa f (plural fatwas)

1. Alternative spelling of fatua