Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable)A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.

    Mufti, Großmufti

    му́фтийmúftij

    му́фтійmúftij

    a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, uncountable)A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military or the police, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform.

    Zivil n Zivilkleidung

    шта́тское пла́тьеštátskoje plátʹje, шта́тскоеštátskoje, гражда́нскоеgraždánskoje

    civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He's not a mufti.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
Muslim scholar:
Русский
By meaning 2
Muslim scholar:
civilian dress:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Muslim scholar:
civilian dress:

Origin

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مفتی (müfti), from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī, “fatwa-deliverer”,

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مفتی (müfti), from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī, “fatwa-deliverer”, literally “deliverer of formal opinion”).

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Forms

plural: muftis

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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