مفت

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muf.tin/

Noun

مُفْتٍ (muftin) m (construct state مُفْتِي (muftī), plural مُفْتُون (muftūn), feminine مُفْتِيَة (muftiya))

  1. (also Islam) deliverer of formal opinions; mufti

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muktás, from Proto-Indo-European *muk-tó-s (released, discharged), from *(s)mewk- (to free, escape). Compare Sanskrit मुक्त (mukta) or Sanskrit मोक्ष् (mokṣ).

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Adjective

مفت (moft)

  1. free, gratis
  2. very cheap
  3. (offensive) gibberish
    1. example: حرف مفت (harf-e moft)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: müftə
  • Bengali: মুফত (muphot)
  • Gujarati: મફત (maphat)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुफ़्त (muft)
    Urdu: مفت (muft)
  • Marathi: मोफत (mophat)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مفت (müft)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਫ਼ਤ (mufat)
    Shahmukhi script: مُفت (muft)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مفت (moft).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مفت (transliteration needed) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुफ़्त)

  1. free of charge
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