petuah

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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.

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Noun

petuah (plural petuah-petuah)

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

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