mufti

See also: MUFTI, Mufti, muftì, and muftí

English

Alternative forms

• muftee (archaic)
• mufty (archaic)

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī, “fatwa-deliverer”, literally “deliverer of formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌfti/, (only in sense 1) /ˈmʊfti/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌfti, (sense 1) -ʊfti

Noun

mufti (countable and uncountable, plural muftis)

1. (countable, Islam) A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.

   Hypernym: cleric

   • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Mujtahidd's online claims have prompted an aggressive backlash against social media from the Saudi religious establishment. The grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul-Aziz al-Sheikh, said in January that Twitter was a platform for "promoting lies" and a "dangerous practice" that should be avoided by Muslims. Commentators have described the phenomenon as symbolic of the growing political debate about use of Twitter in Saudi Arabia.

2. (uncountable, Australia, British, New Zealand) A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform.

   Synonym: civvies

   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, hardback edition, Duckworth, page 91:

     He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.

   • 1921 October, Maxwell H. H. Macartney, “An Ex-Enemy in Berlin to-Day”, in The Atlantic‎^[2]:

     The innate reluctance of the Englishman to make himself conspicuous has stood him here in good stead. Except on special occasions, the British officers are almost always in mufti.

   • 1940 May, “The Irish Railways Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 295:

     The neutrality, however, causes some peculiar situations, such as that arising from the prohibition of uniforms other than those of the Eireann Defence Forces and the Diplomatic Corps. This would be simple if no one from Eire were a sailor, soldier, or airman in the British Forces, but thousands of them are, and as such they may not wear mufti unless on leave from the B.E.F.

   • 2002 April 3, Dave Wilma, “First nuclear submarine U.S.S. Nautilus visits Seattle and crew secretly buys Bar's Leak on June 3, 1958”, in HistoryLink.org: Essay 3739:

     The sailors in mufti returned with 140 quarts of Bar's Leak, half of which was poured into the condenser.

Derived terms

• mufti day

Translations

Muslim scholar

• Arabic: مُفْتٍ m (muftin)
• Armenian: մուֆտի (hy) (mufti)
• Azerbaijani: müfti
• Bashkir: мөфтөй (möftöy)
• Belarusian: муфтый m (muftyj)
• Bengali: মুফতি (bn) (muphti)
• Bulgarian: мюфтия m (mjuftija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穆夫提 (mùfūtí), 宗教司 (zōngjiàosī) (Malaysia, Singapore)

• Crimean Tatar: müfti
• Dutch: moefti (nl) m
• Finnish: mufti (fi)
• French: mufti (fr) m
• German: Mufti (de) m, (grand) Großmufti (de) m
• Greek: μουφτής (el) m (mouftís)
• Hebrew: מֻפְתִּי / מופתי m (muftí)
• Hindi: मुफ़्ती m (muftī), मुफ्ती (hi) m (muphtī)
• Hungarian: mufti (hu)
• Ido: mufti (io)
• Indonesian: mufti (id)
• Italian: muftì m
• Japanese: ムフティー (mufutī)
• Kazakh: мүфти (müfti)
• Korean: 무프티 (mupeuti)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: miftî (ku) m

• Kyrgyz: муфтий (muftiy)
• Macedonian: му́фтија m (múftija)
• Malay: mufti (ms)
• Ngazidja Comorian: mufti
• Ottoman Turkish: مفتی (müftî)
• Persian: مُفْتی (fa) (mofti)
• Portuguese: mufti m
• Punjabi: ਮੁਫ਼ਤੀ (muftī)
• Rohingya: muftí
• Romanian: muftiu (ro) m
• Russian: му́фтий (ru) m (múftij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: му̀фтија m

  Roman: mùftija (sh) m

• Swahili: mufti
• Swedish: mufti (sv) c
• Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
• Tajik: муфтӣ (mufti)
• Tatar: мөфти (möfti)
• Turkish: müftü (tr)
• Turkmen: müfti
• Ukrainian: му́фтій m (múftij)
• Urdu: مُفْتی m (muftī)
• Uyghur: مۇپتى (mupti)
• Uzbek: mufti (uz)
• Volapük: muftid, (grand) lemuftid

civilian dress

• Bulgarian: цивилно облекло n (civilno obleklo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 便服 (zh) (biànfú), 常服 (zh) (chángfú)

• Dutch: burgertenue n
• French: tenue civile f
• German: Zivil (de) n Zivilkleidung (de) f
• Greek: πολιτικά ρούχα n pl (politiká roúcha), πολιτικά (el) n pl (politiká)
• Italian: abito civile m
• Japanese: 私服 (ja) (しふく, shifuku), 平服 (ja) (へいふく, heifuku), 便衣隊 (べんいたい, ben'itai)
• Portuguese: traje à paisana m
• Russian: шта́тское пла́тье n (štátskoje plátʹje), шта́тское (ru) n (štátskoje), гражда́нское (ru) n (graždánskoje)

Finnish

Etymology

Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmufti/, [ˈmuft̪i]
• Rhymes: -ufti
• Syllabification^(key): muf‧ti

Noun

mufti

1. mufti

Declension

Inflection of mufti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		mufti	muftit
genitive		muftin	muftien
partitive		muftia	mufteja
illative		muftiin	mufteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mufti	muftit
accusative	nom.	mufti	muftit
	gen.	muftin
genitive		muftin	muftien
partitive		muftia	mufteja
inessive		muftissa	mufteissa
elative		muftista	mufteista
illative		muftiin	mufteihin
adessive		muftilla	mufteilla
ablative		muftilta	mufteilta
allative		muftille	mufteille
essive		muftina	mufteina
translative		muftiksi	mufteiksi
abessive		muftitta	mufteitta
instructive		—	muftein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mufti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative muftini muftini accusative nom. muftini muftini gen. muftini genitive muftini muftieni partitive muftiani muftejani inessive muftissani mufteissani elative muftistani mufteistani illative muftiini mufteihini adessive muftillani mufteillani ablative muftiltani mufteiltani allative muftilleni mufteilleni essive muftinani mufteinani translative muftikseni mufteikseni abessive muftittani mufteittani instructive — — comitative — mufteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative muftisi muftisi accusative nom. muftisi muftisi gen. muftisi genitive muftisi muftiesi partitive muftiasi muftejasi inessive muftissasi mufteissasi elative muftistasi mufteistasi illative muftiisi mufteihisi adessive muftillasi mufteillasi ablative muftiltasi mufteiltasi allative muftillesi mufteillesi essive muftinasi mufteinasi translative muftiksesi mufteiksesi abessive muftittasi mufteittasi instructive — — comitative — mufteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative muftimme muftimme accusative nom. muftimme muftimme gen. muftimme genitive muftimme muftiemme partitive muftiamme muftejamme inessive muftissamme mufteissamme elative muftistamme mufteistamme illative muftiimme mufteihimme adessive muftillamme mufteillamme ablative muftiltamme mufteiltamme allative muftillemme mufteillemme essive muftinamme mufteinamme translative muftiksemme mufteiksemme abessive muftittamme mufteittamme instructive — — comitative — mufteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative muftinne muftinne accusative nom. muftinne muftinne gen. muftinne genitive muftinne muftienne partitive muftianne muftejanne inessive muftissanne mufteissanne elative muftistanne mufteistanne illative muftiinne mufteihinne adessive muftillanne mufteillanne ablative muftiltanne mufteiltanne allative muftillenne mufteillenne essive muftinanne mufteinanne translative muftiksenne mufteiksenne abessive muftittanne mufteittanne instructive — — comitative — mufteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative muftinsa muftinsa accusative nom. muftinsa muftinsa gen. muftinsa genitive muftinsa muftiensa partitive muftiaan muftiansa muftejaan muftejansa inessive muftissaan muftissansa mufteissaan mufteissansa elative muftistaan muftistansa mufteistaan mufteistansa illative muftiinsa mufteihinsa adessive muftillaan muftillansa mufteillaan mufteillansa ablative muftiltaan muftiltansa mufteiltaan mufteiltansa allative muftilleen muftillensa mufteilleen mufteillensa essive muftinaan muftinansa mufteinaan mufteinansa translative muftikseen muftiksensa mufteikseen mufteiksensa abessive muftittaan muftittansa mufteittaan mufteittansa instructive — — comitative — mufteineen mufteinensa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin), the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muf.ti/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

mufti m (plural muftis)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)
   • 1680, Molière, “Acte IV, Scene V”, in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme [The Middle-Class Aristocrat]‎^[3], page 89:

     Le Mufti commande aux Turcs de baſtonner le Bourgeois, […]

     The mufti orders the Turks to batter the bourgeois, […]

Related terms

• fatwa

Further reading

• “mufti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مفتی (müftî), from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī), from مُفْتٍ (muftin), the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmufti]
• Hyphenation: muf‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti

Noun

mufti (plural muftik)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mufti	muftik
accusative	muftit	muftikat
dative	muftinak	muftiknak
instrumental	muftival	muftikkal
causal-final	muftiért	muftikért
translative	muftivá	muftikká
terminative	muftiig	muftikig
essive-formal	muftiként	muftikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	muftiban	muftikban
superessive	muftin	muftikon
adessive	muftinál	muftiknál
illative	muftiba	muftikba
sublative	muftira	muftikra
allative	muftihoz	muftikhoz
elative	muftiból	muftikból
delative	muftiról	muftikról
ablative	muftitól	muftiktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	muftié	muftiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	muftiéi	muftikéi

Possessive forms of mufti
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	muftim	muftijaim (or muftiim)
2nd person sing.	muftid	muftijaid (or muftiid)
3rd person sing.	muftija	muftijai (or muftii)
1st person plural	muftink	muftijaink (or muftiink)
2nd person plural	muftitok	muftijaitok (or muftiitok)
3rd person plural	muftijuk	muftijaik (or muftiik)

Derived terms

• főmufti

Related terms

• fetva

Italian

Noun

mufti m (invariable)

1. (rare) Alternative form of muftì

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin), the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mufti/
• Rhymes: -ti, -i

Noun

mufti (Jawi spelling مفتي, plural mufti-mufti, informal 1st possessive muftiku, 2nd possessive muftimu, 3rd possessive muftinya)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

Further reading

• “mufti” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin), the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuf.ti/
• Rhymes: -ufti
• Syllabification: muf‧ti

Noun

mufti m pers

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

   Pierwszym muftim Polski był Jakub Szynkiewicz.

   The first mufti of Poland was Jakub Szynkiewicz.

Declension

Declension of mufti

	singular	plural
nominative	mufti	muftiowie
genitive	muftiego	muftich
dative	muftiemu	muftim
accusative	muftiego	muftich
instrumental	muftim	muftimi
locative	muftim	muftich
vocative	mufti	muftiowie

Related terms

noun

• fatwa

 

Further reading

• mufti in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin), the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mufˈt͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈfti/

Noun

mufti m (plural muftis)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmufti]

Noun

mufti m pers

1. mufti (Muslim scholar)

Declension

Declension of mufti

	singular	plural
nominative	mufti	muftiovia
genitive	muftiho	muftiov
dative	muftimu	muftiom
accusative	muftiho	muftiov
locative	muftim	muftioch
instrumental	muftim	muftiami

Further reading

• “mufti”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

mufti (ma class, plural mamufti)

1. mufti (Muslim scholar)

Adjective

mufti (invariable)

1. elegant, pleasing, stylish

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī).

Noun

mufti c

1. mufti

Declension

Declension of mufti

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mufti	muftis
	definite	muftin	muftins
plural	indefinite	muftier	muftiers
	definite	muftierna	muftiernas

Derived terms

• stormufti

Further reading

• mufti in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī, “fatwa-deliverer”, literally “deliverer of formal opinion”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmufti/ [ˈmuf.t̪ɪ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈmupti/ [ˈmup.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ufti, (more native-sounding) -upti
• Syllabification: muf‧ti

Noun

mufti (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜉ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. mufti (civilian dress)
2. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)

See also

• fatwa

 

Further reading

• “mufti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	муфти‍
Latin	mufti‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī).

Noun

mufti (plural muftilar)

1. (Islam) mufti (Muslim scholar)