Mufti

Definition: Mufti

Mufti

Noun

1. A jurist who interprets Muslim law.

2. Civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform.

Date "Mufti" was first used: 1586. (references)

Specialty Definition: Mufti

Domain	Definition
Literature	Mufti We went in mufti - out of uniform, incog The French say en pékin, and French soldiers call civilians pékins. An officer who had kept Talleyrand waiting, said he had been detained by some pékins. "What are they?" asked Talleyrand. "Oh," said the officer, "we call everybody who is not military a pékin." "And we," said Tallyrand, "call everybody military that is not civil. ' Mufti is an Eastern word, signifying a judge. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Mufti

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Clergy	Mullah, muezzin, ayatollah; ulema, imaum, imam, sheik; sufi; kahin, kassis; mufti, hadji, dervish; fakir, faquir; brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi; druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer.
Clothing	Kimono; lungi; shooting-coat; mufti; rags, tatters, old clothes; mourning, weeds; duds; slippers.
Judge	Archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi; Rhadamanthus.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Mufti

English words defined with "Mufti": Fetwah ♦ Muftis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Mufti": B. K. S ♦ sacred. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Mufti" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (mufti), Hungarian (mufti), Portuguese (mufti).

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Commercial Usage: Mufti

Domain	Title
Books	Der Mufti von Jerusalem, Amin el-Husseini, und die Nationalsozialisten (reference) Mufti (reference) Mufti Ji (reference) Palestinian Leader, Hajj Amin Al-Husoyni, Mufti of Jerusalem (Kingston Press Series. Leaders, Politics, and Social Change in the Islamic World, No 5) (reference) Per Order de Mufti läuft nichts : betriebliche Gestaltungsprozesse als Problem sozialer Steuerung (reference) (more book examples)

Music	In Mufti (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mufti

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Tunisia	The President appoints the Grand Mufti of the Republic. (references)
	Kazakhstan	These groups include Jehovah's Witnesses and some Protestant groups, as well as Muslim groups independent of the Mufti. (references)
	Greece	In January the Mufti from Komotini was reappointed for another 10-year term, and in May the Mufti from Xanthi also was reappointed. (references)
Human Rights	Russia	Mufti Alkhmad Kadyrov, the pro-Moscow head of the Chechen Administration, had been conducting a meeting on the third floor when the bomb was detonated. (references)
	Oman	Court of Appeals rulings themselves may be appealed, within a 1-month period, to the Supreme Committee for Complaints, which is composed of four members, including the Minister of Justice and the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate. (references)
Minorities	Russia	In May the Keston News Service reported that Mufti Ravil Gaynutdin complained that a Russian Orthodox Church priest in Kolomna had called on the public to oppose construction of a mosque. (references)
Women	Jordan	However, one southern tribe of Egyptian origin in the small village of Rahmah near Aqaba reportedly practices FGM. One local Mufti issued a fatwa stating that FGM "safeguards women's chastity and protects them against malignant diseases by preventing fat excretions." However, the Mufti also stated that as FGM is not a requirement of Islam, women who do not undergo this procedure should not be embarrassed. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M'bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt; the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc. All things are either sacred or profane. The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. Dumbo Omohundro
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mufti

"Mufti" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Mufti" is used about 198 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	90.91%	180	23,046
Noun (plural)	5.05%	10	111,207
Noun (proper)	4.04%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	198	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Mufti

Expression using "Mufti": in mufti. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Mufti": mufti-perhaps.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mufti

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
mufti	26
mufti taqi usmani	3
day mufti	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Mufti

Language		Translations for "Mufti"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		myfti, rroba civile (civies, civilian clothes, civvies). (various references)

Arabic		‏لباس مدني, ‏المفتي. (various references)

Bulgarian		цивилно облекло, мюфтия. (various references)

Finnish		siviilipukuinen (in civilian clothes, in mufti), siviilipuku (in civilian clothes, in mufti). (various references)

French		muphti, mufti. (various references)

German		Zivilsachen. (various references)

Greek		με πολιτικά ρούχα, μουφτήσ, πολιτικά ρούχα. (various references)

Hungarian		mufti, mohamedán jogtudós. (various references)

Indonesian		ulama, pakaian preman. (various references)

Italian		abito civile. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		便衣隊 (mufti corps, plain-clothes soldiers). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		べ�"いたい (mufti corps, plain-clothes soldiers). (various references)

Manx		eaddagh cadjin (undress). (various references)

Pig Latin		uftimay

Portuguese		mufti, doutor da lei muçulmana. (various references)

Romanian		muftiu, haine civile (gown). (various references)

Russian		муфтий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		muftija, civilno odelo (civies, civilian clothes). (various references)

Spanish		muftí, traje de paisano (plain clothes). (various references)

Swedish		civil klädsel (civilian clothes). (various references)

Thai		ผู้เชี่ยวชาญเกี่ยวกับอิสลาม, ผู้เชี่ยวชาญเกี่ยวกับมุสลิม. (various references)

Turkish		müftü, sivil elbise (civilian clothes, civvies). (various references)

Ukrainian		муфтій. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Mufti

Language	Period	Translations
Arabic	500-Modern	mufti. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Mufti

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Mufti": muftis. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mufti" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kufta, Lutfi, mafte, maftir, mbuti, meft, Mefti, Metfab, mfi, mifi, Mifta, Miftah, mofit, Morfit, motfi, moufti, Mudthir, muffy, muft, mufta, muftee, muftic, Muito, multip, Murfitt, muti, mutti, muty, nuft, Umbutfo. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Mufti

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-i-m-t-u"
	-2 letters: fit, mut, tui.
	-3 letters: if, it, mi, mu, ti, um, ut.
	Words containing the letters "f-i-m-t-u"
	+1 letter: muftis.
	+2 letters: fumiest, furmity.
	+3 letters: fremitus, fumigant, fumigate, fumitory, futurism, mirthful, moistful, multifid, tubiform, tumefied, tumefies.
	+4 letters: frumpiest, fulminant, fulminate, fumigants, fumigated, fumigates, fumigator, furmeties, furmities, futurisms, multifold, multiform, trifolium, triforium, tumefying.
	+5 letters: cafetorium, factualism, fremituses, frumenties, fulminated, fulminates, fumatories, fumigating, fumigation, fumigators, fumitories, furmenties, mirthfully, misfortune, multiflash, multifocal, munificent, muttonfish, thimbleful, trifoliums, ultramafic, uniformest, uniformity.
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