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fatawa

Syllables: fat·a·waUK/ˈfætɑːwɑː/US/ˈfætɑwɑ/

fatawa is the plural of fatwa.

Meaning of fatwa

Noun

fatwa (plural fatwas or (rare) fatawa)

  1. A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
    • The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.
  2. (broadly, proscribed) A decree issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority that a person should be put to death, usually as punishment for committing apostasy or blasphemy.
  3. (broadly) A formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.
  4. (figuratively, informal) An emphatic decree or opinion, especially one which condemns or criticizes.

See all 5 meanings of fatwa

Origin of fatawa

Borrowed from Arabic فَتَاوَى (fatāwā).

Questions about fatawa

What is fatawa the plural of?
Fatawa is the plural of fatwa.
How do you pronounce fatawa?
Fatawa is pronounced /ˈfætɑːwɑː/ (UK).

Words near fatawa in the dictionary

  1. fatarses
  2. Fatas
  3. fatass
  4. fatassed
  5. fatasses
  6. fatawa
  7. fatayer
  8. fatayers
  9. fatback
  10. fatbacks
  11. fatbeard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fatawa (page history and authors); fatwa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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