mufti

(muf)

noun pl. muftis

  1. in Muslim countries, an interpreter or expounder of religious law
  2. ordinary clothes, esp. when worn by one who normally wears, or has long worn, a military or other uniform

Origin: Ar, one who gives a decisive response < āftā, to judge; muftisense ? in allusion to the Muslimlike dressing gown and tasseled cap worn by an officer off duty in the early 19th c.

See mufti in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. muf·tis
A Muslim scholar who interprets the shari’a.

Origin:

Origin: Arabic muftī, one who gives legal opinions

Origin: , active participle of ’aftā, to decide by legal opinion; see ptw in Semitic roots

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noun pl. muf·tis
Civilian dress, especially when worn by one who normally wears a uniform.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from mufti1

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