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muf⋅ti

  [muhf-tee]
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–noun, plural -tis.
1. civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
2. a Muslim jurist expert in the religious law.
3. (in the Ottoman Empire) a deputy of the chief Muslim legal adviser to the Sultan.
4. (initial capital letter) Grand Mufti.
Origin:
1580–90; < Ar muftī lit., a person who delivers a judgment, orig. a Muslim legal adviser; sense of def. 1 arises from the legal adviser being a civil official
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muf·ti 1   (mŭf'tē, mŏŏf'-)   
n.   pl. muf·tis
A Muslim scholar who interprets the shari'a.

[Arabic muftī, one who gives legal opinions, active participle of 'aftā, to decide by legal opinion; see ptw in Semitic roots.]
muf·ti 2   (mŭf'tē)   
n.   pl. muf·tis
Civilian dress, especially when worn by one who normally wears a uniform.

[Probably from mufti1.]
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Word Origin & History

mufti 
1586, muphtie "official head of the state religion in Turkey," from Ar. mufti "judge," active participle of afta "to give," conjugated form of fata "he gave a (legal) decision." Sense of "ordinary clothes (not in uniform)" is from 1816, perhaps from mufti's costume of robes and slippers in stage plays, which was felt to resemble plain clothes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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