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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | mufti | mufti |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | مفتی | mufti |
| 3 | Arabic | مُفْتِي | — |
| 4 | Arabic | مُفْتٍ | {{l|en|mufti}}; mufti |
| 5 | Arabic | أَفْتَى | to deliver a formal opinion |
Words derived from “főmufti”