Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mujtahid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: mu-j-tahid
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lawyer entitled to exercise ijtihad.

Etymology

From Arabic مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid, literally “diligent”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: مُجْتَهِد, ج ه د

Inflected Forms

mujtahids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ijtihad

Questions

What does mujtahid mean?: A lawyer entitled to exercise ijtihad.
Where does mujtahid come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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