petuah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəˈt̪uah]

Noun

petuah (first-person possessive petuahku, second-person possessive petuahmu, third-person possessive petuahnya)

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

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