"fatwa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfæ.twɑː/ [UK], /ˈfæt.wɑ/ [US], /ˈfɑt.wɑ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fatwa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fatwas [plural], fatawa [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|فَتْوَى||formal legal opinion}} Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), {{m|ar|أَفْتَى||to deliver a formal opinion}} أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”), {{l|en|mufti}} mufti, {{m|ar|مُفْتٍ|t=mufti}} مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”), {{root|en|ar|ف ت و}} Head templates: {{en-noun|s|fatawa}} fatwa (plural fatwas or fatawa)
  1. (Islam) A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer. Categories (topical): Islam, Directives Translations (legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti): fetva [feminine] (Albanian), فَتْوَى (fatwā) [feminine] (Arabic), fitva (Azerbaijani), фәтүә (fətwə) (Bashkir), ফতোয়া (photōẇa) (Bengali), فەتوا (fetwa) (Central Kurdish), 法特瓦 (fǎtéwǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), fatva [feminine] (Czech), fatwa [common-gender] (Danish), fatwa [masculine] (Dutch), fatvaa (Estonian), fatwa (Finnish), fatwa [feminine] (French), Fatwa [feminine, neuter] (German), φετφάς (fetfás) [masculine] (Greek), φετβάς (fetvás) [masculine] (Greek), φάτουα (fátoua) [feminine] (Greek), פַתְוָה (Hebrew), פתווה (fatvá) [feminine] (Hebrew), फ़तवा (fatvā) [masculine] (Hindi), फतवा (phatvā) [masculine] (Hindi), fetva (Hungarian), fatwa (Indonesian), fatwa [feminine] (Italian), ファトワー (fatowā) (Japanese), пәтуа (pätua) (Kazakh), 파트와 (pateuwa) (Korean), патва (patwa) (Kumyk), фатва (fatva) (Kyrgyz), фа́тва (fátva) [feminine] (Macedonian), fatwa (Malay), petua (Malay), फतवा (phatvā) [masculine] (Marathi), فتوى (fetwã) [feminine] (Pashto), فتوا (fatvâ) (Persian), fatwa [feminine] (Polish), fátua [feminine] (Portuguese), фе́тва (fétva) [feminine] (Russian), фетва́ (fetvá) [feminine] (Russian), фа́тва (fátva) [feminine] (Russian), фатва́ (fatvá) [feminine] (Russian), фе̏тва [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), фа̏тва [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fȅtva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fȁtva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetua [feminine] (Spanish), fatua [feminine] (Spanish), fatwa [feminine] (Spanish), fatwa [common-gender] (Swedish), фатво (fatvo) (Tajik), фәтва (fätwa) (Tatar), fetva (Turkish), فتوی (fatvā) (Urdu), پەتىۋا (petiwa) (Uyghur), fatvo (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-fatwa-en-noun-0axUb0Z~ Disambiguation of Directives: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fatwah, fetwa, fetwah, futwa, futwah [archaic]

Verb

IPA: /ˈfæ.twɑː/ [UK], /ˈfæt.wɑ/ [US], /ˈfɑt.wɑ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fatwa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fatwas [present, singular, third-person], fatwaing [participle, present], fatwaed [participle, past], fatwaed [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|فَتْوَى||formal legal opinion}} Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), {{m|ar|أَفْتَى||to deliver a formal opinion}} أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”), {{l|en|mufti}} mufti, {{m|ar|مُفْتٍ|t=mufti}} مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”), {{root|en|ar|ف ت و}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-fatwa-en-verb-T5kAsZ27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fatwah, fetwa, fetwah, futwa, futwah [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mufti"
      },
      "expansion": "mufti",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "مُفْتٍ",
        "t": "mufti"
      },
      "expansion": "مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ف ت و"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fatwas",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatwaing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatwaed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatwaed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fatwa (third-person singular simple present fatwas, present participle fatwaing, simple past and past participle fatwaed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Mary Anne Weaver, A Portrait of Egypt, page 141",
          "text": "Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, South Asia Politics - Volume 1; Volume 4, page 30",
          "text": "One wonders why these terrorists are not fatwaed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 April 15, Katie Van Syckle, “Q&A: Salman Rushdie Talks 'Midnight's Children,' Other Projects”, in Rolling Stone",
          "text": "'I'm just beginning one,' says famously-fatwaed author of new novel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Mohamed Gibril Sesay, This Side of Nothingness, page 186",
          "text": "He was fatwaed for linking facts and fiction in ways that the mullahs say they should not be linked.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ban",
          "ban"
        ],
        [
          "death sentence",
          "death sentence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, transitive) To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæ.twɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæt.wɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɑt.wɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fatwah"
    },
    {
      "word": "fetwa"
    },
    {
      "word": "fetwah"
    },
    {
      "word": "futwa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "futwah"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fatwa"
  ],
  "word": "fatwa"
}

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