Thenoun isborrowed fromArabic فَتْوَى ( fatwā ,“ formal legal opinion ” ) , theverbal noun ofأَفْتَى ( ʔaftā ,“ to deliver a formal opinion ” ) (whenceمُفْتٍ ( muftin ,“ mufti ” ) , theactive participle of the same verb: seemufti [ 1]
The formsfetwa fetwah Italian fetfà ( obsolete ) , and directly from itsetymon Ottoman Turkish فتوی ( fetva ) (modernTurkish fetva Arabic فَتْوَى ( fatwā ) : see above.[ 1]
Modern uses of nounsense 1.2 (“decree that a person should be put to death”) and the corresponding verb sense are probably influenced by the issuance of a fatwa on 14 February 1989 by theAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1900 or 1902 – 1989), the Supreme Leader of Iran, calling for the British-American authorSalman Rushdie (born 1947) and his publishers to be put to death for alleged blasphemy in his novelThe Satanic Verses [ 1]
Theplural formfatawa Arabic فَتَاوَى ( fatāwā ) .
Theverb is derived from the noun.
fatwa (plural fatwas or ( rare ) fatawa
( Islam ) Aformal legal decree ,opinion , orruling issued by amufti or otherIslamic judicial authority .The website containsfatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.
2021 October 4, Reuters, “Lars Vilks, Swedish cartoonist who depicted Mohammed, killed in car crash”, inCNN [1] In 2015, one person was killed in Copenhagen at a meeting meant to mark the 25th anniversary of an Iranianfatwa against British writer Salman Rushdie, which Vilks attended.
( by extension, loosely , proscribed ) person should beput to death , usually aspunishment forcommitting apostasy orblasphemy .( religion , by extension) statement , issued by an authority of areligion other thanIslam .( figurative , informal ) emphatic decree or opinion, especially one whichcondemns orcriticizes .formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority
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loosely: similar ruling issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam
Finnish:fatwa (fi) Macedonian:please add this translation if you can
fatwa (third-person singular simple present fatwas present participle fatwaing simple past and past participle fatwaed
( transitive , rare ) issue afatwa (nounsense 1 ) against (someone); specifically( loosely , erroneous ) imposing aban or adeath sentence .1999 A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey through the World of Militant Islam , New York, N.Y.:Farrar, Straus and Giroux ,→ISBN page141 :Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not beenfatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.
2002 South Asia Politics , volume 1, New Delhi: Rashtriya Jagriti Sansthan,→OCLC 30 , column 2:One wonders why these terrorists are notfatwaed .
2013 April 15, Katie Van Syckle, “Q&A:Salman Rushdie Talks ‘Midnight’s Children ,’ Other Projects”, inRolling Stone [2] Penske Media Corporation ,→ISSN →OCLC the original on2024-06-12 :'I'm just beginning one,' says famously-fatwaed author of new novel[ subtitle ] An adjective use. 2015 This Side of Nothingness [ … ] (Sierra Leonean Writers Series), Freetown, Sierra Leone: Karantha Publishers,→ISBN page186 :AskSalman Rushdie . He wasfatwaed for linking facts and fiction in ways that the mullahs say they should not be linked. to issue a fatwa against (someone)
fatwa Wikipedia “fatwa ”, inCollins English Dictionary “fatwa ” inTheFreeDictionary.com “fatwa ”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster , 1996–present. “fatwa ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . FromArabic فَتْوَى ( fatwā ,“ formal legal opinion ” ) , the verbal noun ofأَفْتَى ( ʔaftā ,“ to deliver a formal opinion ” ) .
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( Islam ) fatwa ( legal opinion issued by a mufti ) Arabic فَتْوَى ( fatwā ,“ formal legal opinion ” )
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( Islam ) fatwa Borrowed fromArabic فَتْوَى ( fatwā ,“ formal legal opinion ” ) , the verbal noun ofأَفْتَى ( ʔaftā ,“ to deliver a formal opinion ” ) .
fatwa f plural fatwas
( Islam ) fatwa ( legal opinion issued by a mufti ) FromArabic فَتْوَى ( fatwā ,“ formal legal opinion ” ) , the verbal noun ofأَفْتَى ( ʔaftā ,“ to deliver a formal opinion ” ) .Doublet ofpetuah
fatwa (plural fatwa -fatwa
fatwa ( legal opinion issued by a mufti ) Synonym: petuah ( figurative ) advice fromelder orpious peopleBorrowed fromArabic فَتْوَى ( fatwā ,“ formal legal opinion ” ) , the verbal noun ofأَفْتَى ( ʔaftā ,“ to deliver a formal opinion ” ) .
fatwa f invariable
( Islam ) fatwa ( legal opinion issued by a mufti ) FromArabic فَتْوَى ( fatwā ,“ formal legal opinion ” ) , the verbal noun ofأَفْتَى ( ʔaftā ,“ to deliver a formal opinion ” ) .Doublet ofpetua
fatwa (Jawi spelling فتوى plural fatwa -fatwa informal 1st possessive fatwaku ,2nd possessive fatwamu ,3rd possessive fatwanya )
( Islam ) fatwa ( legal opinion issued by a mufti ) Borrowed fromArabic فَتْوَى ( fatwā ) .
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( Islam ) fatwa ( legal opinion issued by a mufti ) fatwa inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANfatwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN ( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /ˈfa.tu.ɐ/ [ˈfa.tʊ.ɐ] ,( faster pronunciation ) /ˈfa.twɐ/ ( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /ˈfa.tu.ɐ/ [ˈfa.tʊ.ɐ] ,( faster pronunciation ) /ˈfa.twɐ/ ( Southern Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /ˈfa.tu.a/ [ˈfa.tʊ.a] ,( faster pronunciation ) /ˈfa.twa/
fatwa f plural fatwas
Alternative form offátua fatwa f plural fatwas
Alternative spelling offatua 
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