Arabic

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Root
ف ت ي (f t y)
1 term

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā).

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Noun

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مُفْتٍ (muftinm (construct state مُفْتِي (muftī), plural مُفْتُون (muftūn), feminine مُفْتِيَة (muftiya))

  1. (also Islam) deliverer of formal opinions; mufti

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Descendants

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  • Ottoman Turkish: مفتی
  • Persian: مفتی
  • Turkmen: müfti
  • Uyghur: مۇپتى (mupti)
  • Uzbek: mufti

Persian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muktás, from Proto-Indo-European *muk-tó-s (released, discharged), from *(s)mewk- (to free, escape). Compare Sanskrit मुक्त (mukta) or मोक्ष् (mokṣ).

Adjective

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مفت (moft)

  1. free, gratis
  2. very cheap
  3. (offensive) gibberish
    1. example: حرف مفت (harf-e moft)

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مفت (muft).

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Adjective

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مفت (muft) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुफ़्त)

  1. free of charge