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mufti

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmʌfti/
  • /ˈmʊfti/ only in sense 1
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  • rhymes with -ʌfti
  • rhymes with (sense 1) -ʊfti

1

name

Meaning 1

Acronym of Minimum Use of Force and Tactical Intervention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cleric

3

noun

Meaning 3

A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military or the police, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: civvies

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: civilian clothing, civilian dress, civilian garb, plain clothes

5

noun

Meaning 5

a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: jurist, legal expert

Narrower terms: grand mufti

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مفتی (müfti), from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī, “fatwa-deliverer”, literally “deliverer of formal opinion”).

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: myfti — Muslim scholar
  • Arabic: مُفْتٍ (muftin) — Muslim scholar
  • Arabic: مُفْتِي (muftī) — Muslim scholar
  • Armenian: մուֆտի (mufti) — Muslim scholar
  • Azerbaijani: müfti — Muslim scholar
  • Bashkir: мөфтөй (möftöy) — Muslim scholar
  • Belarusian: му́фтый (múftyj) — Muslim scholar
  • Bengali: মুফতি (muphti) — Muslim scholar
  • Bulgarian: мюфти́я (mjuftíja) — Muslim scholar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 穆夫提 (mùfūtí) — Muslim scholar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宗教司 (zōngjiàosī) — Muslim scholar
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Crimean Tatar: müfti — Muslim scholar
  • Danish: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Dutch: moefti — Muslim scholar
  • Finnish: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • French: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • German: Mufti — Muslim scholar
  • German: Großmufti — Muslim scholar
  • Greek: μουφτής (mouftís) — Muslim scholar
  • Hebrew: מֻפְתִּי — Muslim scholar
  • Hebrew: מופתי (muftí) — Muslim scholar
  • Hindi: मुफ़्ती (muftī) — Muslim scholar
  • Hindi: मुफ्ती (muphtī) — Muslim scholar
  • Hungarian: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Ido: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Indonesian: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Italian: muftì — Muslim scholar
  • Japanese: ムフティー (mufutī) — Muslim scholar
  • Kazakh: мүфти (müfti) — Muslim scholar
  • Korean: 무프티 (mupeuti) — Muslim scholar
  • Northern Kurdish: miftî — Muslim scholar
  • Kyrgyz: муфтий (muftiy) — Muslim scholar
  • Macedonian: му́фтија (múftija) — Muslim scholar
  • Malay: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Pashto: مفتي (moftí) — Muslim scholar
  • Dari: مُفْتِی (muftī) — Muslim scholar
  • Iranian Persian: مُفْتی (mofti) — Muslim scholar
  • Portuguese: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Punjabi: ਮੁਫ਼ਤੀ (muftī) — Muslim scholar
  • Rohingya: muftí — Muslim scholar
  • Romanian: muftiu — Muslim scholar
  • Russian: му́фтий (múftij) — Muslim scholar
  • Serbo-Croatian: му̀фтија — Muslim scholar
  • Serbo-Croatian: mùftija — Muslim scholar
  • Swahili: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Swedish: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Tajik: муфтӣ (mufti) — Muslim scholar
  • Tatar: мөфти (möfti) — Muslim scholar
  • Turkish: müftü — Muslim scholar
  • Ottoman Turkish: مفتی (müftî) — Muslim scholar
  • Turkmen: müfti — Muslim scholar
  • Ukrainian: му́фтій (múftij) — Muslim scholar
  • Urdu: مُفْتی (muftī) — Muslim scholar
  • Uyghur: مۇپتى (mupti) — Muslim scholar
  • Uzbek: mufti — Muslim scholar
  • Volapük: muftid — Muslim scholar
  • Volapük: lemuftid — Muslim scholar
  • Bulgarian: циви́лно облекло́ (civílno oblekló) — civilian dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 便服 (biànfú) — civilian dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 常服 (chángfú) — civilian dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 便裝 /便装 (biànzhuāng) — civilian dress
  • Dutch: burgertenue — civilian dress
  • French: tenue civile — civilian dress
  • German: Zivil n Zivilkleidung — civilian dress
  • Greek: πολιτικά ρούχα (politiká roúcha) — civilian dress
  • Greek: πολιτικά (politiká) — civilian dress
  • Italian: abito civile — civilian dress
  • Japanese: 私服 (shifuku) — civilian dress
  • Japanese: 平服 (heifuku) — civilian dress
  • Japanese: 便衣隊 (ben'itai) — civilian dress
  • Portuguese: traje à paisana — civilian dress
  • Russian: шта́тское пла́тье (štátskoje plátʹje) — civilian dress
  • Russian: шта́тское (štátskoje) — civilian dress
  • Russian: гражда́нское (graždánskoje) — civilian dress
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