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

  1. big gun, big shot, big wheel

Ancestry of “főmufti”, step by step

főmufti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mufti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmuftimufti Muslim scholar
2Ottoman Turkishمفتیmufti
3Arabicمُفْتِي—
4Arabicمُفْتٍ{{l|en|mufti}}; mufti
5Arabicأَفْتَىto deliver a formal opinion

via Hungarian fő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfőmain, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...
2Hungarianfejhead; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

Words derived from “főmufti”

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