Where does “muftija” come from?
muftija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish مفتی, from Arabic مُفْتِي, from Arabic مُفْتٍ, from Arabic أَفْتَى — to deliver a formal opinion.
muftija (Serbo-Croatian): mufti
Ancestry of “muftija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | مفتی | mufti |
| 2 | Arabic | مُفْتِي | — |
| 3 | Arabic | مُفْتٍ | {{l|en|mufti}}; mufti |
| 4 | Arabic | أَفْتَى | to deliver a formal opinion |