How to say "fatwa, religious ruling" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningfatwa, religious ruling
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَتْوَى
fatwāפתוא
فتوى
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פתווה
fatwaفَاتْوَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ف-ت-يIsraeli Hebrew borrowed the term directly: פתווה is simply fatwā transliterated, used in Hebrew news coverage of Islamic legal rulings — no native translation, just the Arabic word itself.
Related Hebrew word:פתווהfatwaفَتْوَا
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In a phrase
أَصْدَرَ فَتْوَى
aṣdara fatwāאצדר פתואhe issued a fatwa
Plural
فَتَاوَى
fatāwāפתאואirregular broken plural