فتوى

العربية

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فتوى

/fat.waː/

Where it comes from

From Classical Syriac ܦܬܘܐ (peṯwā, “spinning out, breadth (of words)”), with some details in the sectarian semantics of Late Antiquity Aramaic crossed with Arabic, that led to the present specification, now being obscure. أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”) was parallelly borrowed.

noun فَتْوَى · fatwā · fatāwā · فَتَاوِي · الْفَتْوَى

fatwa, formal legal opinion
a medical prescription

In English

fatwa formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority

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"فتوى." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%89. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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فتوى. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%89

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"فتوى." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%89.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فتوى},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}