Where does “főmufti” come from?

főmufti (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mufti, from Ottoman Turkish مفتی, from Arabic مُفْتِي, from Arabic مُفْتٍ, from Arabic أَفْتَى — to deliver a formal opinion.

főmufti (Hungarian): big gun, big shot, big wheel

Definitions

big gun, big shot, big wheel

Ancestry of “főmufti”, step by step

főmufti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mufti

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hungarian	mufti	mufti Muslim scholar
2	Ottoman Turkish	مفتی	mufti
3	Arabic	مُفْتِي	—
4	Arabic	مُفْتٍ	{{l\|en\|mufti}}; mufti
5	Arabic	أَفْتَى	to deliver a formal opinion

via Hungarian fő

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hungarian	fő	main, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...
2	Hungarian	fej	head; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
3	Proto-Uralic	päŋe	head

Words derived from “főmufti”

főmuftik

Every word from Arabic أَفْتَى →Every word from Arabic مُفْتٍ →Every word from Arabic مُفْتِي →