Where does “főmuftik” come from?
főmuftik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian főmufti, from Hungarian mufti, from Ottoman Turkish مفتی, from Arabic مُفْتِي, from Arabic مُفْتٍ, from Arabic أَفْتَى — to deliver a formal opinion.
főmuftik (Hungarian): nominative plural of főmufti
Definitions
- nominative plural of főmufti
Ancestry of “főmuftik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | főmufti | big gun, big shot, big wheel |
| 2 | Hungarian | mufti | mufti |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | مفتی | mufti |
| 4 | Arabic | مُفْتِي | — |
| 5 | Arabic | مُفْتٍ | {{l|en|mufti}}; mufti |
| 6 | Arabic | أَفْتَى | to deliver a formal opinion |