مفتی

See also: مفتي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Noun

مفتی • (müftî)

1. (Islam) mufti

Descendants

• Turkish: müftü
• → Macedonian: муфтија (muftija)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مفتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1929

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muf.ˈtiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊf.t̪ʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊf.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊf.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muf.t̪ʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mof.t̪ʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muf.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	muftī
Dari reading?	muftī
Iranian reading?	mofti
Tajik reading?	mufti

Etymology 1

From مفت (moft, “free”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Adjective

مفتی • (mofti)

1. free, gratis, free of charge

   Synonyms: مفت (moft), رایگان (râyegân)

Etymology 2

Dari	مفتی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	муфтӣ

Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Noun

مُفْتی • (mofti)

1. (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.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُفْتی (muftī), from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊf.t̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

مُفْتی • (muftī) m (Hindi spelling मुफ़्ती)

1. (Islam) mufti