مفتی

See also: مفتي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Noun

مفتی • (müftî)

(Islam) mufti

Descendants

Turkish: müftü
→ Macedonian: муфтија (muftija)
→ English: mufti
→ French: mufti

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]
- (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 (moft, “free”) +‎ (-i).

Adjective

مفتی • (mofti)

free, gratis, free of charge
Synonyms: مفت (moft), رایگان (râyegân)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Noun

مفتی • (muftī / mofti) (Tajik spelling муфтӣ)

(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)

Descendants

Dari: مُفْتِی (muftī)
Iranian Persian: مُفْتِی (moftey)
Tajik: муфтӣ (mufti)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मुफ़्ती (muftī), मुफ़ती (muftī), मुफ्ती (muphtī), मुफती (muphtī) — nuqtaless

Urdu: مفتی (muftī)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਫ਼ਤੀ (muftī), ਮੁਫਤੀ (muphtī) (nuqtaless)

Shahmukhi script: مفتی (muftī)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

مُفْتی • (muftī) m (Hindi spelling मुफ़्ती)

(Islam) mufti