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fatwaing

fatwaing is the present participle and gerund of fatwa.

Meaning of fatwa

Verb

fatwa (third-person singular simple present fatwas, present participle fatwaing, simple past and past participle fatwaed or fatwa'd)

  1. (rare, transitive) To issue a fatwa (noun sense 1) against (someone); specifically (loosely, erroneous), a fatwa imposing a ban or a death sentence.
    • Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.1999, Mary Anne Weaver, “Life in the Alleys”, in A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey through the World of Militant Islam, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 141

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Questions about fatwaing

What is fatwaing the present participle and gerund of?
Fatwaing is the present participle and gerund of fatwa.

Words near fatwaing in the dictionary

  1. fatwaed
  2. fatwah
  3. fatwahed
  4. fatwahing
  5. fatwahs
  6. fatwaing
  7. fatware
  8. fatwas
  9. fatwood
  10. fatwoods
  11. FATX

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