fatwa
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The noun is borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”) (whence مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”), the active participle of the same verb: see mufti).[1]
The forms fetwa, fetwah are derived from Italian fetfà (obsolete), and directly from its etymon Ottoman Turkish فتوی (fetva) (modern Turkish fetva), from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā): see above.[1]
Modern uses of noun sense 1.2 (“decree that a person should be put to death”) and the corresponding verb sense are probably influenced by the issuance of a fatwa on 14 February 1989 by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1900 or 1902 – 1989), the Supreme Leader of Iran, calling for the British-American author Salman Rushdie (born 1947) and his publishers to be put to death for alleged blasphemy in his novel The Satanic Verses (1988).[1]
The plural form fatawa is borrowed from Arabic فَتَاوَى (fatāwā).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Singular:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfætwɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfætwɑ/, /ˈfɑt-/, /ˈfət-/
- Hyphenation: fat‧wa
- Plural (fatawa):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfætɑːwɑː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfætɑwɑ/, /ˈfɑt-/, /ˈfət-/
- Hyphenation: fat‧a‧wa
Noun
[edit]fatwa (plural fatwas or (rare) fatawa)
- (Islam)
- A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
- The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.
- (by extension, loosely, erroneous) A decree issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority that a person should be put to death, usually as punishment for committing apostasy or blasphemy.
- A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
- (religion, by extension) A formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.
- (figurative, informal) An emphatic decree or opinion, especially one which condemns or criticizes.
Alternative forms
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Verb
[edit]fatwa (third-person singular simple present fatwas, present participle fatwaing, simple past and past participle fatwaed)
- (transitive, rare) To issue a fatwa (noun sense 1) against (someone); specifically (loosely, erroneous), a fatwa imposing a ban or a death sentence.
- 1999, Mary Anne Weaver, “Life in the Alleys”, in A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey through the World of Militant Islam, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 141:
- Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.
- 2002, South Asia Politics, volume 1, New Delhi: Rashtriya Jagriti Sansthan, →OCLC, page 30, column 2:
- One wonders why these terrorists are not fatwaed.
- 2013 April 15, Katie Van Syckle, “Q&A: Salman Rushdie Talks ‘Midnight’s Children,’ Other Projects”, in Rolling Stone[1], New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-12:
- 'I'm just beginning one,' says famously-fatwaed author of new novel [subtitle]
- 2015, Mohamed Gibril Sesay, “The Youth of Paradise”, in This Side of Nothingness […] (Sierra Leonean Writers Series), Freetown, Sierra Leone: Karantha Publishers, →ISBN, page 186:
- Ask Salman Rushdie. He was fatwaed for linking facts and fiction in ways that the mullahs say they should not be linked.
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “fatwa, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “fatwa, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
[edit]- fatwa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “fatwa”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “fatwa” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- “fatwa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “fatwa”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fatwa c
Declension
[edit]common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fatwa | fatwaen | fatwaer | fatwaerne |
genitive | fatwas | fatwaens | fatwaers | fatwaernes |
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[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfɑtwɑ/, [ˈfɑ̝t̪wɑ̝]
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑtʋɑ/, [ˈfɑ̝t̪ʋɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑtwɑ
- Hyphenation(key): fat‧wa
Noun
[edit]fatwa
Declension
[edit]Inflection of fatwa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | fatwa | fatwat | |
genitive | fatwan | fatwojen | |
partitive | fatwaa | fatwoja | |
illative | fatwaan | fatwoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | fatwa | fatwat | |
accusative | nom. | fatwa | fatwat |
gen. | fatwan | ||
genitive | fatwan | fatwojen fatwain rare | |
partitive | fatwaa | fatwoja | |
inessive | fatwassa | fatwoissa | |
elative | fatwasta | fatwoista | |
illative | fatwaan | fatwoihin | |
adessive | fatwalla | fatwoilla | |
ablative | fatwalta | fatwoilta | |
allative | fatwalle | fatwoille | |
essive | fatwana | fatwoina | |
translative | fatwaksi | fatwoiksi | |
abessive | fatwatta | fatwoitta | |
instructive | — | fatwoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fatwa f (plural fatwas)
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[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”). Doublet of petuah.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fatwa
- fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)
- Synonym: petuah
- (figurative) advice from elder or pious people
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fatwa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fatwa f (invariable)
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[edit]Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”). Doublet of petua.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fatwa (Jawi spelling فتوى, plural fatwa-fatwa, informal 1st possessive fatwaku, 2nd possessive fatwamu, 3rd possessive fatwanya)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fatwa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fatwa f
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- fatwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fatwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
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Noun
[edit]fatwa f (plural fatwas)
- Alternative form of fátua
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]fatwa f (plural fatwas)
- Alternative spelling of fatua
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