petuah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay petuah, variant of petua, from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”). Doublet of fatwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəˈt̪uah]

Noun

petuah (plural petuah-petuah)

  1. fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)
    Synonym: fatwa
  2. advice from elder or pious people
  • berpetuah
  • memetuahkan

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