مفتی
See also: مفتي
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
مفتی • (müftî)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مفتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1929
Persian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [muf.ˈtiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mof.t̪ʰíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [muf.t̪ʰí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | muftī |
Dari reading? | muftī |
Iranian reading? | mofti |
Tajik reading? | muftī |
Etymology 1 edit
مفت (moft, “free”) + ـی (-i).
Adjective edit
مفتی • (mofti)
Etymology 2 edit
Dari | مفتی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | муфтӣ |
Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).
Noun edit
مُفْتی • (mofti)
- (Islam) mufti
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 424”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][2]:
- منعم مکن ز عشق وی ای مفتی زمان
معذور دارمت که تو او را ندیدهای- man'-am ma-kon zi išq-i way ay muftī-yi zamān
ma'zūr dār-am-at ki tu ō rā na-dīda'ī - Do not prohibit me from loving him/her, o mufti of the age!
Grant me pardon, since you have not seen him/her.
- man'-am ma-kon zi išq-i way ay muftī-yi zamān
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian مُفْتی (muftī), from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊf.t̪iː/
- Rhymes: -iː