فتوى

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, 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
• → Ottoman Turkish: فتوی‎ (fetva)
  • Turkish: fetva
  • → Albanian: fetva
  • → Hungarian: fetva
  • → Serbo-Croatian: fȅtva, фе̏тва
• → Persian: فتوا‎ (fatvâ)
• → Portuguese: fátua