Where does “mufti” come from?
mufti (French) comes from Ottoman Turkish müfti, from Arabic مُفْتِي, from Arabic مُفْتٍ, from Arabic أَفْتَى — to deliver a formal opinion.
mufti (French): mufti
Ancestry of “mufti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | müfti | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مُفْتِي | — |
| 3 | Arabic | مُفْتٍ | {{l|en|mufti}}; mufti |
| 4 | Arabic | أَفْتَى | to deliver a formal opinion |