مفت

Arabic

Root
ف ت ي (f-t-y)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muf.tin/

Noun

مُفْتٍ • (muftin) m (construct state مُفْتِي (muftī), plural مُفْتُون (muftūn), feminine مُفْتِيَة (muftiya))

  1. (also Islam) deliverer of formal opinions; mufti

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: مفتی
  • Persian: مفتی

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muktás, from Proto-Indo-European *muk-tó-s (released, discharged), from *(s)mewk- (to free, escape). Compare Sanskrit मुक्त (mukta) or मोक्ष् (mokṣ).

Adjective

مفت • (moft)

  1. free, gratis
  2. very cheap
  3. (offensive) gibberish
    1. example: حرف مفت (harf-e moft)

Synonyms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مفت (muft).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مفت • (muft) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुफ़्त)

  1. free of charge
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.