fatwa

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈfatwɑː/
• (America) IPA: /ˈfætwɑ/, /ˈfɑtwɑ/

Noun

fatwa (plural fatwas)

1. (Islam) A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer.

   I think the fatwas on that website are totally unreliable.

Translations

• French: fatwa
• German: Fatwa
• Italian: fatwa
• Portuguese: fatwa
• Russian: фе́тва
• Spanish: fetua, fatua, fatwa

Verb

fatwa (fatwas, present participle fatwaing; past and past participle fatwaed)

1. (rare, transitive) To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.

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