Where does “муфтија” come from?

муфтија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish مفتی, from Arabic مُفْتِي, from Arabic مُفْتٍ, from Arabic أَفْتَى — to deliver a formal opinion.

муфтија (Serbo-Croatian): mufti

Definitions

  1. mufti

Ancestry of “муфтија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمفتیmufti
2Arabicمُفْتِي—
3Arabicمُفْتٍ{{l|en|mufti}}; mufti
4Arabicأَفْتَىto deliver a formal opinion
Every word from Arabic أَفْتَى →Every word from Arabic مُفْتٍ →Every word from Arabic مُفْتِي →