Fatwa

Meaning

fatwa (scholar's written response to a religious question)

Concepts

fatwa

Fatwa

Synonyms

Fetwa

Translations

fatwa

فتوى

فهتوا

fatwa

fatua

fetua

fetva

Fatwa

فَتْوَى

fitû

fatwa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfatva/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: فَتْوَى

In summary

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).