Etymograph

English

faqih

Faqih comes from Arabic فَقِيه ‘jurist and theologian, expert in Islamic…’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentفَقِيه‘jurist and theologian, expert in Islamic jurisprudence, faqih’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1997faqih

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentفَقِيه‘jurist and theologian, expert in Islamic jurisprudence, faqih’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1997faqih

Earliest quotation: 1997, Jamal S. Suwaidi, Iran and the Gulf: A Search for Stability: “Ayatollah Muntazeri, in contrast to Ayatollah Khomeini, states that…”

Every English word from Arabic فَقِيه

Today it means

noun An expert in Islamic law.

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Etymograph / Arabic فَقِيه / faqih

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