Urdu Dictionary

فتوي fatwā v.n. fr. افتي afta, 'he notified the decision of the law,' iv of فتو

A فتوي fatwā (v.n. fr. افتي afta, 'he notified the decision of the law,' iv of فتو), s.m. A notification of the decision of the (Muhammadan) law in or respecting a particular case; a judicial decree, judgment, sentence, award, decision:—fatwā denā, To notify the decision of the law (in or respecting a case); to give a verdict, give judgment, to decree:—fatwā lenā (-meṅ), To seek or demand (of a lawyer) a notification of the decision of the law (in or respecting a question); to take a legal opinion (in respect of the lawfulness of an act, &c.).