فتوى

Arabic

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fat.waː/

Noun

فَتْوَى • (fatwā) f (dual فَتْوَيَانِ (fatwayāni), plural فَتَاوَى (fatāwā) or فَتَاوٍ (fatāwin))

1. (law, fiqh) fatwa, formal legal opinion
2. a medical prescription
   • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII^e siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎^[1], number 2, published 1934, page 237 (٤٥) 7:

Declension

Declension of noun فَتْوَى (fatwā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَتْوَى fatwā	الْفَتْوَى al-fatwā	فَتْوَى fatwā
Nominative	فَتْوَى fatwā	الْفَتْوَى al-fatwā	فَتْوَى fatwā
Accusative	فَتْوَى fatwā	الْفَتْوَى al-fatwā	فَتْوَى fatwā
Genitive	فَتْوَى fatwā	الْفَتْوَى al-fatwā	فَتْوَى fatwā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَتْوَيَيْن fatwayayn	الْفَتْوَيَيْن al-fatwayayn	فَتْوَيَيْ fatwayay
Nominative	فَتْوَيَانِ fatwayāni	الْفَتْوَيَانِ al-fatwayāni	فَتْوَيَا fatwayā
Accusative	فَتْوَيَيْنِ fatwayayni	الْفَتْوَيَيْنِ al-fatwayayni	فَتْوَيَيْ fatwayay
Genitive	فَتْوَيَيْنِ fatwayayni	الْفَتْوَيَيْنِ al-fatwayayni	فَتْوَيَيْ fatwayay
Plural	broken plural invariable‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَتَاوَى‎; فَتَاوِي fatāwā‎; fatāwī	الْفَتَاوَى‎; الْفَتَاوِي al-fatāwā‎; al-fatāwī	فَتَاوَى‎; فَتَاوِي fatāwā‎; fatāwī
Nominative	فَتَاوَى‎; فَتَاوٍ fatāwā‎; fatāwin	الْفَتَاوَى‎; الْفَتَاوِي al-fatāwā‎; al-fatāwī	فَتَاوَى‎; فَتَاوِي fatāwā‎; fatāwī
Accusative	فَتَاوَى‎; فَتَاوِيَ fatāwā‎; fatāwiya	الْفَتَاوَى‎; الْفَتَاوِيَ al-fatāwā‎; al-fatāwiya	فَتَاوَى‎; فَتَاوِيَ fatāwā‎; fatāwiya
Genitive	فَتَاوَى‎; فَتَاوٍ fatāwā‎; fatāwin	الْفَتَاوَى‎; الْفَتَاوِي al-fatāwā‎; al-fatāwī	فَتَاوَى‎; فَتَاوِي fatāwā‎; fatāwī

Descendants

• → Danish: fatwa
• → German: Fatwa
• → English: fatwa
• → Indonesian: fatwa
• → Malay: petua, fatwa
  • → Indonesian: petuah
• → Ottoman Turkish: فتوی (fetva)
  • Turkish: fetva
  • → Albanian: fetva
  • → Hungarian: fetva
  • → Serbo-Croatian: fȅtva, фе̏тва
• → Persian: فتوا (fatvâ)
• → Portuguese: fátua