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